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Thursday 13 August 2020

Just Mates: a rant.

 Headline from the often rant-worthy Telegraph Newspaper online, 12 August 2020:

The Moment Kamala Harris Turned On Joe Biden

Hm...

...that doesn't seem a terribly good reason for choosing someone to be Vice-President, to be honest. But I suppose it's good they're friendly.

Still, it puts the mate in running-mate, doesn't it.

Word To Use Today: mate. This word came into English in the 1300s from then Middle Low German. It's related to the Old English gemetta, table guest, from mete, meat.

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