Literary Blunders
by Henry Wheatley
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Literary Blunders Summary
| The following etymological guesses are not so good, but they are worthy of registration. One boy described a blackguard as ``one who has been a shoeblack,'' while another thought he was ``a man dressed in black.'' ``Polite'' is said to be derived from ``Pole,'' owing to the affability of the Polish race. ``Heathen'' means ``covered with heath''; but this explanation is commonplace when compared with the brilliant guess--``Heathen, from Latin `haethum,' faith, and `en,' not.'' |
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