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... insult " status for all Italians . " Guinea " comes from the days of the slave trade and is derived from the African word for West Africa . This " guinea " is the same word as the British unit of 21 shillings , somehow connected with ...
... insult " status for all Italians . " Guinea " comes from the days of the slave trade and is derived from the African word for West Africa . This " guinea " is the same word as the British unit of 21 shillings , somehow connected with ...
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... insult but having somewhat the same ef- fect when you are the lowest man on the totem pole . But the word means sim- ply " the men , ” ntu signifying “ man ” and ba being the plural prefix . This may have come from an early encounter ...
... insult but having somewhat the same ef- fect when you are the lowest man on the totem pole . But the word means sim- ply " the men , ” ntu signifying “ man ” and ba being the plural prefix . This may have come from an early encounter ...
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... insult males from childhood right into adulthood . Discussion of words like sissy as insults have been often one ... insult is being directed against the male , specifically the male who cannot differentiate himself from the feminine ...
... insult males from childhood right into adulthood . Discussion of words like sissy as insults have been often one ... insult is being directed against the male , specifically the male who cannot differentiate himself from the feminine ...
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Simplicity WILLIAM ZINSSER | 13 |
Freewriting PETER ELBOW | 19 |
Revising Your Own Manuscript | 28 |
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