"Difficult Languages"

[Wilson Gray]

The last sentence of this article contains the verb, "quieten." I'm rolling
downhill toward eighty, yet, this the first time that I've ever encountered
this word.

Youneverknow.


On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 7:16 AM, David A. Daniel <dad at pokerwiz.com> wrote:

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> I just stumbled on this article and found it interesting. Probably old hat
> to y'all, but here it is.
> http://www.economist.com/node/15108609
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-Wilson
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All say, "How hard it is that we have to die!"---a strange complaint to
come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
-Mark Twain

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