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by JasonFruit
1676 days ago
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I don't know about the person who started this thread, but I find that confused, throat-clearing, "We messed up, but with the best of intentions" mess absolutely delightful. As a child, I got very into etymology, and my father loved bursting my bubble by doubting that anyone knew any of it for sure. I think we were both enjoying different sides of that fanciful, egotistical guesswork. |
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A copy is available from archive.org: https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780877796336
(The full one might be too - I have a copy of the concise one so that's what I know about.)