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I just love the etymology.
If I had to pick a second favorite word - and one that's not rock-related, as three of my faves definitely are (chossy, scree, and riprap) - it'd have to be lagniappe, also because of the etymology. So much language-hopping before it arrives in English!
(Given my love for etymology, you'd think I'd like the word silly more. And I do - but it's only in the top hundred or so, not the top ten or twenty. Here, take a poem and some discussion.)
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If I had to pick a second favorite word - and one that's not rock-related, as three of my faves definitely are (chossy, scree, and riprap) - it'd have to be lagniappe, also because of the etymology. So much language-hopping before it arrives in English!
(Given my love for etymology, you'd think I'd like the word silly more. And I do - but it's only in the top hundred or so, not the top ten or twenty. Here, take a poem and some discussion.)
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