[Editors] Grammar in the office (or, in our case, on the campus)

[Debbie Levey]

But the four-letter words you shout after hitting your thumb with the hammer or falling off the ladder are Anglo-Saxon. 

On Jun 25, 2012, at 12:55 PM, Andrew Whitacre wrote:

> 
> However, our best short words come from German, Dutch, and old English. I've been thinking about this as a homeowner who's had to start fixing/building things myself. Nail, hammer, stair, rail, ladder, roof, work, fall, hurt, whine, then, wait, sod, mow, tired, and broke are all Germanic or Old English.
> 
> Mortgage, however, is Latinate.
> 
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> On Jun 25, 2012, at 12:26 PM, William T. G. Litant wrote:
> 
>> And here I thought I was the only one yanking out his hair:
>> 
>> http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303410404577466662919275448.html
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>> Best,
>> Bill
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