[Ads-l] t(h)run

[Wilson Gray]

On Sun, May 15, 2016 at 8:42 AM, Paul A Johnston, Jr <
paul.johnston at wmich.edu> wrote:

> Dirt's--or OE drit's--original meaning was "shit", wasn't it?
>

Instead of relying solely on my memory, I've gone to the supposed "source."
Buck, in fact, says nothing about a possible connection between "turd" < OE
_tord_ and "dirt," which he takes back only to ME _drit_. However, he does
agree that the original meaning of _drit_ was "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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