13 minutes ago, gfweb said:But the derivation has little to do with current usage.
True, but my comment was in reply to someone who gave a slightly inaccurate or incomplete derivation.
And current usage varies among English dialects.
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9 minutes ago, gfweb said:But the derivation has little to do with current usage.
True, but my comment was in reply to someone who gave a slightly inaccurate derivation.
And current usage varies among English dialects.
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