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[the_hawk]

So I just started reading Webster's Dictionary of Word Origins. (Yes, I read dictionaries for fun. What of it?) It's quite interesting for anyone who likes that sort of thing. I wanted, however, to quote two lines:

"Cretin originally meant 'Christian' and was used charitably for a kind of mentally deficient person. The Modern English word

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[kaliathaya]

fantastic! I second.

[ladyeldren]

Oh man you have one of those?? Where did you get, can I have it, if not how much for one just like it?

[the_hawk]

Barnes & Noble. It was either ten bucks, or less than ten bucks.

I got one for Latin and Greek origins at the same time, too.

[ladyeldren]

ooooh <3

[the_tay]

If you do that, Hawk, you won't have your own personal little joke.

[the_hawk]

That's OK, I like to share.

[the_tay]

Yay, I'm a cretin.

I also read dictionaries for fun.

[niccarpediem]

Have you read the "Dictionary of Theories" ?

I find it tizzight, and am a happy agnostic according to that book.

Lots of intereesting biographical factoids in it as well.