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2naSalit
(86,779 posts)1. From 1938.
Cool. Thanks for posting that.
Harker
(14,035 posts)2. Not the etymology
cited in "The Oxford Dictionary of English Etymolgy" and Skeat's "Concise Dictionary of the English Language", where they have it from French via Spanish via Arabic, with the underlying idea of an announced table of prices or rates.
WhiteTara
(29,722 posts)3. but hey, it's cute
so doesn't that trump truth?
Welcome to DU btw
Harker
(14,035 posts)4. No disagreement there.
Thanks for the welcome!
You get bonus points for plausibly using "trump" and "truth" in the same sentence.
WhiteTara
(29,722 posts)5. thank you
Harker
(14,035 posts)6. I love it here.
DUers are a great big bunch of fun diversity.
WhiteTara
(29,722 posts)7. It's how I've kept my sanity for the past 17 years
through *, ODS, and now this.
It's definitely a refuge and a place to learn a lot of things in a lot of areas. See you around!
It'll be my pleasure! back.