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I heard an interesting discussion on the CBC once - the interviewee was talking about the origin of 'dirty' words vs their euphemistic replacements. There is an simple anglo-saxon word used to descri …

Lacing - a way of joining two pieces of leather with thin strips saddle-stitch - a specific type of stitch used when both sides of the seam is exposed, like the edges of a saddle skiving - thinning …

No one has said cobbler - A shoe maker - most shoes are leather ?? Hmmm might not be specific, a dutch shoemaker could work in wood I guess.

I've never actually heard of "batch of" — the "year of" is aways a reference to the year the group graduates. I work at the U of Manitoba, and I know there are times when the administration wants t …

My source in the Registrar's office - and the documentation for our registration system - refers to a groups of students registering at the same time as "cohorts" - In fact, the term is used a lot in …