......and what's new this wednesday morning, dazzlenation?...ah, i see....we're onto 'coddled' history..."alternative perspective" replies BI online...lol...go figure:

https://www.lovereading.co.uk/extract/8859/The-Etymologicon-A-Circular-Stroll-Through-the-Hidden-Connections-of-the-English-Language-by-Mark-Forsyth.html

https://mary2point5.tumblr.com/

codswallop, anybody?

oh and you might like this, too - in relation to 'the borrowers':

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Codswallop-Crumpet-Caper-Words-Where/dp/1873590806