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With at least two instances of “whale talk” plus the list of all the songs the narrator can think of containing the word “born”, this is kinda giving ‘Extraordinary Attorney Woo’ (complimentary)

“In 2013, Icelanders voted for the most beautiful word in their language. They chose…the Icelandic term for midwife:ljósmóðir….the jury stated that the word is a composite of the two most beautiful words: móðir (mother) and ljós (light)”

“Midwife” comes from “with” + “woman”, from back when woman = wif and man = wer (yes, as in “werewolf”!). I love etymological rabbit holes

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Interesting so far