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~ Tuesday, November 19, 2002
A NATION AGAIN
2 words the Scots gave the world:
1 galore*
2 glamour**
*originally meaning 'too much'
**originally meaning 'witchcraft'
What are we to make of this?
Source: not Chambers which disagrees and says 'galore' is from Irish Gaelic.
posted by RcL at
9:44 pm