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Location: I live on the road, I just stay here sometimes...
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People have a unique ability to guess about word origins. If it SOUNDS like, then it must be.
Cracker is one of those words, A whip cracks so it must be that.
I was in Africa recently and a truck was called a bukkie
I thought is must be like a bicycle saddle evolving for a horse, perhaps a bukkie evolving for a buck board wagon.
WRONG. It was derived from some entirely different dutch term, just as cracker was derived from something else
We have a band that performs up here called soul cracker.
They play motown music
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Last edited by wayner; 01-21-2020 at 12:08 PM..
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