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It is a peculiarity of the English language that while most fish swim in...
Author:
Mark Kurlansky
Book:
Salt: A World History
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It is a peculiarity of the English language that while most fish swim in schools, herring swim in shoals, a word of the same meaning derived from the same Anglo-Saxon root.
( Mark Kurlansky )
[ Salt: A World History ]
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