The Germanic words call out senses wrapped in appropriate sounds, and the temptation is to etymologize them as bow-wow words. The Latin words step like they all went to the same school and marched in the same ceremonies and don't care if you know it. The Germanic words look like the Our Gang kids after a day scrapping in the dump.

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I always have a more tender heart toward the Germanic words in

English.