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For those of you reading in email, perhaps you noticed a preponderance of the word 'shoulder' in today's episode -- one of the many hazards of live publishing.

If it bugged you, the version on the website has been updated with slightly more varied vocab. ;-)

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I hadn’t, but now that I am forearmed, I suspect we are neck deep in it. I admire your spine in pointing this out and will not rib you for it, but shoulder on regardless!

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Is this your way of telling me that the gang needs to make more puns? ;-)

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It took me a few repeats to decide that the double F in Smiling Ffrancis wasn’t a typo. How do you reckon it’s read? Fuhfrancis?

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The typo assumption was very reasonable, round these parts. 😛

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Stonefolk names are inspired by Welsh, and in Welsh a single “f” sounds like an English “v,” where the double “ff” is a regular old f. So it’s just Francis!

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🤦🏼 I really need to skim a Welsh orthography article. Thanks!

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My google history is filled with "Welsh for..." and similar searches, so you will not be alone

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Mar 7, 2023Liked by SGH

I was doing OK till I got to the diphthongs, which was when my brain overloaded. 😂

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The clock is filling up fast. Tick tock, Pad.

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