1/ So, (a) yes (b) some thoughts on "travois" (two lashed sticks you drag behind you with a load). https://twitter.com/siftyboones/status/917382791838392320 …
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2/ The word "travois" is French, and has as the root "travelling" A hobo's bindle (over shoulder stick w bag) is a "travis bag". Same root
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3/ My first name ("Travis")? Same root. As a kid I was taunted w name "Traveller", as if that could piss me off somehow?
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4/ And I'm all, "This is Free Trader Beowulf, bitches".
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5/ Most fifth graders probably aren't etymology geeks like I was, and thus do not lean in to certain nicknames.
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