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Dave Wilton

21 Mar 2025 • 6 min read
B&W photo of a cat in a winged viking helmet and scale-mail breastplate, with the caption “Brünnhilde"

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Victorian engraving of a girl lying in bed, with mother, father, and brother at the bedside looking concerned
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hot little hands (paid)

30 Mar 2026 3 min read
Photo of an isolated cove with mountains in the background

boondocks

30 March 2026 Boondocks is a relic of American colonialism. British English imported lots of words from its far-flung colonial possessions, but American colonial aspirations primarily produced words derived from Mexican Spanish or North American and Hawaiian indigenous languages. This one, however, is an exception, taking the word from Tagalog,
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Country road leading into Moynalty with a sign saying it won the 2006 Tidy Towns competition; a church is in the background
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