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Friday 6 February 2015

Word To Use Today: catamaran.

Catamarans can be lovely things:

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Photo eric walker, Panoramio image ID 39493526

Though sometimes they're not so much lovely as, well, rather unlikely:


German navy research ship Planet

However, the reason I chose to write about this word was for its derivation, which has made me see catamarans in an entirely new light.

Word To Use Today: catamaran. This word comes from kattumaram, which is the Tamil for tied timber.


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