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Hunting for fossils in the quirks of language (economist.com)
27 points by pseudolus on July 29, 2018 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment


This article feels like it ends right when it begins, hinting that these fossils exist but never really diving into what they are, who researches them, how the etymologies are determined, or really anything aside from, as they call it, "fleetingly arresting cocktail-party diversions".




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