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Friday, October 16, 2009
Best Etymology Ever
Today I looked up "pumpernickel" because it appeared in a list of shades of brown in Roget's
Thesaurus, and I need a lot of color words for the book I'm writing. I happened to glance at the etymology and had to laugh: I had figured the word was German, but I never would have guessed that it comes from roots roughly translating as "goblin farts"! Apparently the bread had quite a reputation for being indigestible...
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hee hee!
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