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John Moore
American linguist
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For the most part our words came deviously, making their way by winding paths through the minds of generations of men, even burrowing like moles through the dark subconsciousness.
—John Moore, American linguist, You English Words, 1961

Posted on September 13, 2000 at 10:16 AM

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