[PLUG-TALK] Why ‘Mandarin’ Doesn’t Come From Chinese

[Keith Lofstrom]

On Fri, Jan 04, 2019 at 12:10:54PM -0800, John Jason Jordan wrote:
> It dawned on me one day that 'Gaelic' (Scots or Irish) must be related.
> And then one day I realized that the Spanish word for Wales is 'Gales.'

A nearby strip mall has a music studio, a coin shop, a
computer shop, a gun store, and an Irish Dance school. 
We call it "Guitars, Gold, Geeks, Guns, and Gaels".

> so far my genetic proclivity for lassitude has
> overcome my curiosity. 

You are here because your ancestors were too lazy
to volunteer to be heros.  I prefer language buffs
to flag-draped caskets.

Keith

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Keith Lofstrom          keithl at keithl.com