Annotation - Chapter 15, Page 168

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* {{PP|168|16}} "Becaws a woman is a wooman aint she.  Shes the 1 with the woom"
 
* {{PP|168|16}} "Becaws a woman is a wooman aint she.  Shes the 1 with the woom"
Another use of deliberately false etymology.  ''Woman'' really comes from the Old English ''wifman'' (wife-man or female-person), while ''womb'' comes from an unrelated word for belly; but Riddley's spelling brings out an obvious fact.
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Another use of deliberately false etymology.  ''Woman'' really comes from the Old English ''wifman'' (wife-man or female-person), while ''womb'' comes from an unrelated word for belly, but it's plausible for Riddley to jump to this conclusion.
  
 
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  • (168:16) "Becaws a woman is a wooman aint she. Shes the 1 with the woom"

Another use of deliberately false etymology. Woman really comes from the Old English wifman (wife-man or female-person), while womb comes from an unrelated word for belly, but it's plausible for Riddley to jump to this conclusion.