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To: Red Badger

Wow! Now, “yclept” is a word you don’t read every day. Curious that the phrase “barn burner” originated in Pennsylvania. It’s difficult to believe anyone that anyone would waste all of the wood from his barn due to a rat problem. Certainly, the Scottish would never do that.


24 posted on 07/30/2026 9:49:11 AM PDT by Dr. Franklin ("A republic, if you can keep it." )
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To: Dr. Franklin

I had to look it up. I thought it was a typo!................


28 posted on 07/30/2026 10:09:27 AM PDT by Red Badger (Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine – August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her name)
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To: Dr. Franklin

I had to look it up. I thought it was a typo!................


29 posted on 07/30/2026 10:09:28 AM PDT by Red Badger (Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine – August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her name)
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