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Subject:Re: Sin
From:David Beierl
Date:Sun, 6 Sep 2009 14:54:40 -0400

Dear Mike,

At 12:40 PM 9/6/2009, Mike S wrote:
>Where do you get that? The OED says "ORIGIN Old English, probably
>related to Latin sons 'guilty'." I would have guessed its roots to
>be in "sinister," which literally means "left," but has other
>meaning related to "sin."

I'm sorry, I should have specified in Greek.

>Is "frak" OK?

Yes.

Yours,
David