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   From: occam@nowhere.nix   
      
   On 19/09/2024 06:58, Hibou wrote:   
   > Le 18/09/2024 à 22:19, occam a écrit :   
   >>   
   >> Aside: Your use of the pronoun 'their' for the addle-brained Hen, is   
   >> that political correctness - or do you know something we don't? Just   
   >> asking.   
   >   
   > It's good to see 'addle-brained' taking the air.   
   >   
   > An oldish Collins dictionary says 'addle' is a "back-formation from   
   > 'addled', from C13 'addle' rotten, from Old English 'adela' filth;   
   > related to dialect German 'Addel' liquid manure."   
   >   
   > Note to new parents: don't call your daughter 'Adela'.   
   >   
      
   Quite right. Too close to Nutella.   
      
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