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06/04/25 Grif.Net – Truth Revealed (+ Answers to Word Origin Quiz)

06/04/25 Grif.Net – Truth Revealed (+ Answers to Word Origin Quiz)

Bob: =
I won a million dollars and donated a quarter of it to charity!

Interviewer: That is extremely generous, Bob.

Bob: Thankfu=
lly, I still have $999,999.75 left.

 

+++

 

I got 50 dollars from my mom. She told =
me to take my brother to the movies, but not to bring him home before 6, so=
they had time to prepare his surprise birthday party.


Th=
at’s the day I realized he was the favorite twin.

 =

+++

 

Last night a movie theater=
was robbed of over $1000 dollars.

The thieves took one large=
bag of popcorn, two large sodas and a pack of Skittles.

 

~~ANSWERS TO WORD ORIGIN QUIZ~~

Example: “You betcha” =
=3D Minnesotan

  1. Alcohol =3D Arabic    =
            &nb=
sp;            =
            &nb=
sp;           =

2. Amok =3D=
Malay           &nb=
sp;            =
            &nb=
sp;            =
           

  3. Anon=
ymous =3D Greek          =
            &nb=
sp;            =
            

  4. =
Bizarre =3D Basque         &nb=
sp;            =
            &nb=
sp;            =
     

  5. Chile =3D Amerindian   &nbs=
p;            &=
nbsp;           &nbs=
p;            &=
nbsp;       

  6. Coach =3D Hungarian

  7. Corg=
i =3D Welsh          &nbs=
p;            &=
nbsp;           &nbs=
p;            &=
nbsp;        

  8. Corral =3D Hottento=
t            &n=
bsp;           &nbsp=
;            &n=
bsp;        

=

  9. Dollar =3D Dutch

10. Karaoke =
=3D Japanese

11. Ketchup =3D Chinese

12. Kibitz =3D Yiddish

13. Know =3D German

14. Okay =3D Mali

15. Plain =3D Latin

16. Shampoo=
=3D Hindu

17. Simple =3D French

18. Sky =3D Norse

19. Taboo =3D Tahitian

20. Tattoo =3D Polynesian

bonus:  Parka =
=3D Samoyedes (northern Urals)

 

~~

Dr Bo=
b Griffin

[email protected]  www.grif.net

“From all harm safe in His sheltering arms
I’m living by faith and feel no alarm.”=

Virus-free.=
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