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Religious/political statement about the idiots behind creationism, still trying to suppress the science of evolution.

Hey, kids! For extra fun and prizes, check out the etymology (origin of a word) for the word "cretin". [link]
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~SpiritWolfen Mar 26, 2011  Hobbyist Photographer
/thumbs up
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*elsarose Mar 23, 2011  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
Lol at that link there...

Darwin is my hero.
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Yep, I folded over and laughed at my shoelaces when I found out that "cretin" is from the French word for "Christian".

Language is full of gaffes that time has failed to fix. For example, calling native Americans "Indians" and the American chicken-like bird a "Turkey", both based on thoroughly lost European explorers thinking they had run aground in some other corner of the world. It makes me wonder if, in some foreign languages, "European explorer" is the same word as their term for "dumb lost guys".
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*elsarose Apr 3, 2011  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
You're so right. I bet there were humorous names amongst native peoples for those European explorers. Thanks for the interesting reply.
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