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   Luigi Muffingione (riotmuffin@ni.hil.ist)'s status on Thursday, 16-Nov-2023 23:48:42 JST Luigi Muffingione

   Thinking about the phrase “land lubber”, how come you never hear about anyone lubbing anywhere else

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     13 barn owls in a trenchcoat (hauntedowlbear@eldritch.cafe)'s status on Thursday, 16-Nov-2023 23:48:42 JST 13 barn owls in a trenchcoat

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     @riotmuffin to be fair, once you get to Britain's West Country, you do, sort of. "Lubber" is an etymological relative of the construction that gives us "me lover" in Devon and Cornish dialects of English.