Annotation - Chapter 15, Page 168
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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 | + | 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.