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    What Did The Vikings Do Before They Began to Play Football?

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    By Anatoly Liberman The first documented raid of the Vikings goes back to 793. For more than two centuries they were the terror of Europe.

    2 days ago
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    Around Ethnic Slurs Part 1: Squaw

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    By Anatoly Liberman Few words are more offensive than ethnic slurs. The origin of some of them is “neutral” (for instance, a proper name

    9 days ago
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    June Ends (and so did May)

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    By Anatoly Liberman This month I again spoke on MPR (Minnesota Public Radio) and, as always, received many questions. During the hour at

    23 days ago
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    Can You Trust Your (Etymological) Dictionary?

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    By Anatoly Liberman When the title of a scholarly article contains a general question (that is, a question beginning with a verb), the

    37 days ago
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    English Is Astoundingly Like Russian, But What About French?

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    By Anatoly Liberman There is no way one can stop folk etymologies from spreading. Whatever dictionaries may say, people will repeat anecdotes

    44 days ago
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    Monthly Gleanings: May 2009

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    By Anatoly Liberman An Etymologist’s Status and Pastime. Below, I will try to satisfy the curiosity of our regular correspondent about

    51 days ago
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    The Oxford Etymologist Looks at Race, Class and Sex (but not Gender),

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    By Anatoly Liberman For a long time, I have been meaning to join the mainstream and address, if not the importance of race in our life (and

    86 days ago
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    On Spoons, Forks, and Knives

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    By Anatoly Liberman I would rather write about prisms and prunes, but those words are ultimately of Greek descent, and I try to stay on

    100 days ago
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    No Subject is Too Petty for an Etymologist, Or, Pets from North to

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    By Anatoly Liberman Some of our best-known words are fairly recent in English. I am sure petting existed before the 16th century, and, more

    107 days ago
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    Beating About the Gooseberry Bush

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    By Anatoly Liberman In October 1860, an otherwise undistinguished old bachelor, who resided in the country and told this story himself,

    121 days ago
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