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Latin roots go straight down in the soil like a careful farmer's rows of planted beans. Germanic words are mushrooms growing on the same rotten log, to steal a priceless image from Anatoly Liberman. - D.R.H.
Words are meaningless. We give words meaning. We give words meaning to convey an idea. If a word does not convey an idea, then why bother using it? Have
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