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TIL that a US gov't official had claimed the word "woman" comes from "womb" + "man". Not true. It comes from Old English "wif" (female) + "man" (person), later changed to "wimman". The plural of O.E. "man" is "men". The more you know.

@sazemisery Speaking of Crips vs Bloods, the first neighborhood I moved to after retiring from the service was an area called The Jungles in Los Angeles (aka Baldwin Village) not far from Crenshaw district. Ironically it's the border between those two rivals.

@LiberalLibrarian Sorry to hear that you must do this. May her memories live on.

One of my hobbies / side jobs is to write Persian using the nastaliq style of calligraphy. This is my latest work that I created for a client. They intend to tattoo this as a band on their leg. It's from a Rumi poem and it translates to: "Whatever may come from the universe is a guest in your heart; cherish it."

@Paradise7D

Are people still saying this in 2022? I mean, my brother bought a t-shirt that read: "Where the heck is Ausfahrt?" That makes more sense to me than asking where is Autobahn.

@th3j35t3r

This version of "Drift Away" was amazing. And what made it more amazing was that Dobie Gray did guest vocals on this track. It was my daughter's first favorite song and would listen to it for hours.

@damselfly59

O'ahu, leaving from Marine Corps Base Hawaii at Kaneohe Bay.

If you have those days where aggressive music would help let out some of those feelings you've acquired, I would like to turn your attention to Belphegor. My favorite track from them is The Goatchrist from the album Lucifer Incestus. It quite aggressive and it is well-produced; and fast. Like, aggressively fast.

@Flexi

I do share them. In fact, I've created a website (which desperately needs updating) for Lortho and a website for Dhakhsh is in the works.

lortho.conlang.org

@Flexi

Thank you.

They are called Lortho and Dhakhsh

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