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Stephen Colbert Weighs in on the Important Debate of the Week: Did Trump Say "Shithole" or "Shithouse?"

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wheat-dogg, raker of forests, master of steam1/17/2018 8:29:49 am PST

re: #131 HappyWarrior

Yep it’s very common. I have a very common German name in my family line- Schwarz- Black. It’s amazing how Muller sounds close to Miller but Schwarz sounds nothing like Black.

I poked around the online Merriam-Webster dictionary. Both black and swart (later swarthy) come to English from Old High German. I reckon the original words had different uses and diverged when English and German went their separate ways.