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Something Rhymes with Purple

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The Origin of Curtsy

It all began really with the Romans word arcus, meaning a bow. So when you bow, it's the same origin as bow. It's the same idea of being bent forward. In treaking, while we got to bowing, do you know the origin of curtsy? Some females are supposed to do when males bow. But when she was in a frock, she would curtsy. And some of the uniforms that she wore were uniforms that had trousers. When she was wearing those, she would bow rather than curtsy.

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