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Saturday, August 11, 2007

Folk Etymology: Capricious Associations







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In this week's pick from the word garden, etymologist John Ciardi explains how "folk word formations" occur in the least-expected ways, and result in some of the most beautiful -- and unfortunate -- nomenclature seen in any language. 


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