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To be fair, English is full of booby traps for the unwary foreigner. Any language where the unassuming word "fly" signifies an annoying insect, a means of travel, and a critical part of a gentleman's apparel is clearly asking to be mangled.
— The Mother Tongue, English and How It Got That Way
 (book)
by Bill Bryson
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| Language: | English |
| Submitted by: | junathen |
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