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The Etymologist’s Corner - Tatterdemalion

(c) 2008 Andrew David King
A threadbare couch with pieces of fabric tearing out at the seams, showing through to the stuffing underneath. A ripped and wrinkled newspaper laying unnoticed on the edge of the sidewalk as pedestrians walk by and nonchalantly kick it with their feet. An American flag fraying to shreds as […]

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The Etymologist’s Corner

Hello, I’m Andrew David King—a new contributor here at Blood and Ink. Welcome to a new series I’m going to be working on, called The Etymologist’s Corner. By definition, an etymologist is someone who studies the origins of words and the way in which their meanings have changed throughout history (Oxford English Dictionary, […]

2008 02 08 Uncategorized Comments (1)