May 31, 2022 • 4M

Apology and Privilege

Would you believe they have a common ancestor that also gave life to LEXICON?

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John McWhorter
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An ancient root meaning to choose or gather is sprinkled across the English language in words from legislation to select to apologia. John explains.

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