Etymology of Pettifogger http://wordyenglish.com/lit/etymology_pettifogger.html
computer programer = pettifogger, mousing to and fro, daily.
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Thus det became debt (to link it to Latin debitum), dout became doubt (to link it to Latin dubitare), sissors became scissors and sithe became scythe (as they were wrongly thought to come from Latin scindere), iland became island (as it was wrongly thought to come from Latin insula), ake became ache (as it was wrongly thought to come from Greek akhos)
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tru or fals?
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English Spelling, My Frend, U Dont No English http://wordyenglish.com/lit/english_spelling.html
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lojban Tutorial. http://wordyenglish.com/lojban/lojban.html
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UCrB_xwARM
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∑ Xah Lee 李杀 (xahlee@mstdn.io)'s status on Wednesday, 14-Aug-2019 23:59:19 UTC ∑ Xah Lee 李杀
Your Wrong Magazine
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∑ Xah Lee 李杀 (xahlee@mstdn.io)'s status on Wednesday, 14-Aug-2019 19:50:17 UTC ∑ Xah Lee 李杀
start in 10 min. come join me.
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@louis http://ergoemacs.org/misc/thou_shalt_use_emacs_lisp.html
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fantastic
[ https://www.youtube.com/embed/ymI5Uv5cGU4?rel=0 ]
History of the World: Every Year by Ollie Bye
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∑ Xah Lee 李杀 (xahlee@mstdn.io)'s status on Wednesday, 14-Aug-2019 17:24:40 UTC ∑ Xah Lee 李杀
live stream in 2 hours. 1pm San Francisco time.
https://www.youtube.com/c/XahLee/live
see topics at link.
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https://www.youtube.com/embed/ymI5Uv5cGU4
a fantastic video
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since past 1 year, timpool been doing sensationalism. you used to do actual reporting, but now 80% of video content is repeating your same old uneducated opinion, and 4 videos per day. really got sick of you Tim.
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𝔠𝔬𝔫𝔳𝔢𝔯𝔱 𝔶𝔬𝔲𝔯 𝔴𝔯𝔦𝔱𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔱𝔬 𝔲𝔫𝔦𝔠𝔬𝔡𝔢 𝔪𝔞𝔱𝔥 𝔣𝔬𝔫𝔱
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google doc dump
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death of Talos
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Europa and the Bull http://xaharts.org/va/europa_bull.html
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Jargon Automata in Finite State Automata
http://xahlee.info/comp/automata_jargon.html
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Europa and the Bull http://xaharts.org/va/europa_bull.html
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