Unlike Latin, we do have some German background.  Thus, you can take this lesson as cold, hard fact.

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We were going to offer up a lesson about the candidates appealing to the pirate voting block today, it being International Talk Like a Pirate Day, and possibly throw in some lines involving ‘missenmasts’ or ‘lizards of satan’, but we strongly disapprove of forcing one’s beliefs on others.  As such, we will not beat you senseless with our pro-pirate platform.  Yar.

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If you’re all about the wordplay, do your crossword homework.