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widdershinswiddershinsPosted Dec 6, 2012 16:41 UTC (Thu) by boudewijn (subscriber, #14185)In reply to: widdershins by hthoma Parent article: Quotes of the week
Well widdershins dates back to at least 1545, in English, the other words really seem to be neologisms.
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widdershins Posted Dec 7, 2012 10:24 UTC (Fri) by hthoma (subscriber, #4743) [Link]
> the other words really seem to be neologisms.
They are from Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels.
I am not a native english speaker, much less an etymologist. Just a Pratchett fan ;-)
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