[Ads-l] t(h)run

[Wilson Gray]

On Sat, May 14, 2016 at 1:44 PM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I wonder if this present-tense "trun" is really a metathesis of "turn."


C.D. Buck has mentioned the possibility that _turd_ is ultimately a
metathesis of "dirt." FWIW, "dirt" is not unusual, IME, as
annoyingly-prissy cover-term for "shit."
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-Wilson
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All say, "How hard it is that we have to die!"---a strange complaint to
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-Mark Twain

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