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		fsckboy on Sept 29, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Steve Jobs emails Eric Schmidt (2007) suggesting that you know that saying "Rochambeau" is unconnected from the French name Rochambeau is a folk etymology. Saying we can't identify any connection between this word and a person with the same name is closer to the truth.

jldugger on Oct 1, 2021 [–]

But the same wiki also lists my spelling as correct. So you're really not contributing anything?

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