But the truth is, word histories all start to sound the same ... no known origin — now that’s interesting. Lexicographers and linguists trace the histories of words by looking at written ...

That comment was soon followed by several others along the same lines ... and “no.” While the effects on our own survey were (fortunately) minor, we found that the problem had the potential to be more ...

"[But] these are the things that should actually be written ... of words whose meanings were instantly recognizable. "I would ask [Lazic], 'Is this the same word?' He'd say 'yes.' ...