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Word of the Week: 'Tariff' itself is an import from overseas. (text.npr.org)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by Mee@reddthat.com to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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Tariffs are President Trump's favorite word. That's not an exaggeration.

"I always say 'tariffs' is the most beautiful word to me in the dictionary," he said at a rally just hours after his inauguration in January. "Because tariffs are going to make us rich as hell. It's going to bring our country's businesses back that left us."

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[–] pastermil@sh.itjust.works 22 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Surprisingly, the English language itself did not originate from America.

[–] huppakee@lemm.ee 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Good article, some very interesting facts.

"The word [tariff] can be traced back to Latin as well as the Arabic word "taʽrīf," meaning "notification" or "inventory."

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"Even words that were traced back to Old English eventually come from Proto-Indo-European," he explains. "So all language is imported, in that sense."

But no mention of whether there were any tariffs imposed on importing the word, so that's curious. Fake news or wokism? I wonder.

[–] kbal@fedia.io 11 points 1 week ago

"wokism" — now there's a good clean beautiful American-made word.