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Why ‘Useless Etymology’ gives you super powers, with Jess Zafarris

Grammar Girl: For Writers and Language Lovers.

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'Gingerbread' isn't bread

Jess describes gingerbread's path from medieval Latin meaning gingered, with the ending misinterpreted as bread.

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