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ben_wyesterday at 10:00 PM1 replyview on HN

First time I realised this was GCSE History lessons, looking at first world war posters like this one and going "huh, to-day with a hyphen…"

https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/27774


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bradoryesterday at 10:32 PM

Badnami is Persian and literally means bad-name (like defamation of character).

English word origins are a fascinating rabbit hole.

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