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Erik_Kowal
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by Erik_Kowal » Sat Jun 08, 2013 10:48 am
Site visitors might like to know that there's a very interesting new posting about the origin of the term 'handicap' on etymologist Michael Quinion's
World Wide Words website.
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Wizard of Oz
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by Wizard of Oz » Mon Jun 10, 2013 2:59 am
.. it always did pose a problem how cap before hand did a flip to become hand before cap .. but never let words get in the way of a good heart puller etymology I say ..
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Signature: "The question is," said Alice, "whether you can make words mean so many different things."
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