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BumRushDaShow

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4. "could we start a campaign to remind everyone that the word "alcohol" is derived from Arabic?"

Reply to soldierant (Reply #1)

Wed Dec 24, 2025, 08:57 AM

1 hr ago

Even simpler than that - remind people about us using "Arabic numerals" (which came out of India) because we sure as hell aren't doing math with "Roman numerals".

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