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language geekery wins again!
the other -- when was it? last week, i guess, last thursday. walking back toward civilization after seeing college friend in the sorcerer. someone said something, and for some reason the word "sure" led the boys off on a tangent about roots. in german the word is sicher, one said, and the english word "sure" must come from the same root, mustn't it? and in dutch it's zeker, says another. sicher and zeker -- and, i said, big deal, in english we have secure.
the day before yesterday, sicher told me he'd looked it up and sure enough sicher and secure both come from the latin root securus. "you were right," he said.
"yes, i know," i said.
the day before yesterday, sicher told me he'd looked it up and sure enough sicher and secure both come from the latin root securus. "you were right," he said.
"yes, i know," i said.