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A Jugganauht, Extraordinary. Blighty
All these words that now are part of british english do, they mostly date from the victorian heyday of what was, in those days, the british empire. Yet i think we have to remember the enormous influence of soldiers returning home with language that they have acquired when they are sood posted or working over seas. So give us some im loving a love. Pripone dolaly, i'm clear about now. A jugganauht, extraordinary. People used to talk about britain as being blighty. Is that an indian word in origin? It is.
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