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Saturday, October 15, 2005

Who knew etymology was funny?

THE NAMES OF THE PRESIDENT AND THE MEMBERS OF THE PRESIDENTIAL CABINET ACCORDING TO THE ETYMOLOGICAL BACKGROUNDS OF THEIR FIRST AND LAST NAMES, AND OF THEIR MIDDLE NAMES WHEN AVAILABLE.*
BY JØRGEN G. CLEEMANN

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Thanks to slickdpdx at Knownunknowns who really needs to add trackbacks.
Posted by Cullen at 12:13 PM

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