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Senior Member
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Location: Tralfamadore
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Originally Posted by Pyramid*
Conversely, tourists visit Washington DC to 'go' to the Whitehouse, take the tour....... I wonder why they bother doing that? Hardly as if Obama is going to ask them to join him for a morning bagel? Yep, no reason for any person to go visit the Whitehouse either eh...but still they do.
Completely off topic, but can anyone confirm where the word 'dumb' originated?
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http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?dumb
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Origin: AS. Dumb; akin to D. Dom stupid, dumb, Sw. Dumb, Goth. Dumbs; cf. Gr. Blind. See Deaf, and cf. Dummy.
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