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Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. Resides in Adelaide
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Language Evolution



Before there was any name distinction
between four of the liquids of the body,
they were all called pee.
Distinction came first in the form of numbers:
pee one, two, three and four.

No-one knows any more
how P1 became 'tears',
P2 'sweat' and P3 'spit',

or why P4 became 'pee'
rather than one of the other three.

Language Evolution
Douglas Scotney
Wednesday, December 23, 2020
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