Episode 97: More Stupid Adjectives

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We’ve been talking about insults to the intelligence, and this week we conclude our discussion of adjectives.

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Links:
This week’s calendar entry is “gull/gall.”
Silly Symphonies on YouTube
Alessandro di Cagliostro on Wikipedia

From John Skelton’s 1528 volume entitled “Replycacion agaynst Certayne Yong Scolers”:

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