A WORD IN THE HAND: DAVKA
SUE DE GROOT | Let’s argue Semitics: this word never means what you expect
A column to satisfy your inner grammar nerd
02 December 2021 - 20:28
In this world of absolute certainties (setting aside the Omicron variant’s effects, Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle and a couple of other things), it is a rare and wonderful occasion when one stumbles across a word of uncertain meaning...
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