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Plucky Mexico

June 18, 2018June 18, 2018Niall O'Donnell 4 Comments

More football. Don’t worry, I’m not going to write something about football every day for the next month. I’m really not that interested in it. But I was struck today by the use of an adjective that’s often used in sport: Continue reading →

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Aboriginal

February 19, 2018February 19, 2018Niall O'Donnell 1 Comment

I thought about this word recently, when writing about the story often shared about the origins of the word kangaroo. Obviously the word is now most associated with the native people of Australia. This hasn’t always been the case though.

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