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Dave Wilton

06 May 2026 • 4 min read

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religion

6 May 2026 Religion has a straightforward etymology, but its original English meaning is rather different from how it is commonly used today. It is a late twelfth-century borrowing, partly from the Anglo-Norman religiun, and partly from the post-classical Latin religio. Its original English sense was that of a monastic

06 May 2026 2 min read

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English (spin)

4 May 2026 In billiards, and in other sports, to put English on a ball is to cause it to spin so that it’s course changes. In billiards, this is done by striking the ball on one side, and the course change often occurs after it caroms off the

04 May 2026 2 min read

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