[Ads-l] No word for X

[Jonathan Lighter]

There appears to be no word in Latin for "sexy."

JL

On Fri, Jul 19, 2019 at 11:02 AM victor steinbok <aardvark66 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Going back to the well...
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> “In the Hebrew language, there is no word for history,” Wilf explained.
> “The only word for history in the Jewish language is zakar, and that means
> remember. We don’t have a history unless we tell the stories."
>
> https://www.vikings.com/news/vikings-visit-holocaust-memorial-museum
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