Thirteen and the odd

[Michael Quinion]

Thanks again to Christopher Philippo and others for helping me with this.
My piece is in tomorrow's issue of World Wide Words. Sneak preview online
here: http://www.worldwidewords.org/nl/bcfm.htm

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Michael Quinion
Editor, World Wide Words
Web: http://www.worldwidewords.org

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