Even so, great humor. Easy to believe.
> Last time this bit of fluff showed up elsewhere on the net someone replied: > > >A while ago someone posted a description of life in the 1500's that gave > >the derivation of many common words and expressions. I was curious and did > >some poking around on the web. It was a good story, just not the facts. > > |
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