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Cartoonist

(7,317 posts) Fri Jul 27, 2018, 06:46 AM Jul 2018

Tariffs

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Tariffs (Original Post) Cartoonist Jul 2018 OP

From 1938. 2naSalit Jul 2018 #1

Not the etymology Harker Jul 2018 #2

but hey, it's cute WhiteTara Jul 2018 #3

No disagreement there. Harker Jul 2018 #4

thank you WhiteTara Jul 2018 #5

I love it here. Harker Jul 2018 #6

It's how I've kept my sanity for the past 17 years WhiteTara Jul 2018 #7

Yep! Harker Jul 2018 #8

2naSalit

(86,647 posts)

1. From 1938.

Reply to Cartoonist (Original post)

Fri Jul 27, 2018, 07:29 AM

Jul 2018

Cool. Thanks for posting that.

Harker

(14,024 posts)

2. Not the etymology

Reply to Cartoonist (Original post)

Fri Jul 27, 2018, 07:40 AM

Jul 2018

cited in "The Oxford Dictionary of English Etymolgy" and Skeat's "Concise Dictionary of the English Language", where they have it from French via Spanish via Arabic, with the underlying idea of an announced table of prices or rates.

WhiteTara

(29,718 posts)

3. but hey, it's cute

Reply to Harker (Reply #2)

Fri Jul 27, 2018, 09:24 AM

Jul 2018

so doesn't that trump truth?

Welcome to DU btw

Harker

(14,024 posts)

4. No disagreement there.

Reply to WhiteTara (Reply #3)

Fri Jul 27, 2018, 09:39 AM

Jul 2018

Thanks for the welcome!

You get bonus points for plausibly using "trump" and "truth" in the same sentence.

WhiteTara

(29,718 posts)

5. thank you

Reply to Harker (Reply #4)

Fri Jul 27, 2018, 09:43 AM

Jul 2018

Harker

(14,024 posts)

6. I love it here.

Reply to WhiteTara (Reply #5)

Fri Jul 27, 2018, 09:56 AM

Jul 2018

DUers are a great big bunch of fun diversity.

WhiteTara

(29,718 posts)

7. It's how I've kept my sanity for the past 17 years

Reply to Harker (Reply #6)

Fri Jul 27, 2018, 10:11 AM

Jul 2018

through *, ODS, and now this.
It's definitely a refuge and a place to learn a lot of things in a lot of areas. See you around!

Harker

(14,024 posts)

8. Yep!

Reply to WhiteTara (Reply #7)

Fri Jul 27, 2018, 10:14 AM

Jul 2018

It'll be my pleasure! back.

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