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Subject:Sin
From:Mike S
Date:Sun, 6 Sep 2009 12:40:28 -0400

At 10:31 AM 9/6/2009, David Beierl wrote...
>Incidentally, the word "sin" literally means missing the
>target you shot at.

Where do you get that? The OED says "ORIGIN Old English, probably
related to Latin sons 'guilty'." I would have guessed its roots to be
in "sinister," which literally means "left," but has other meaning
related to "sin."

Is "frak" OK?

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