Green Notebook from Bugis
They say that the name bogeyman is derived from Bugis, although those troublesome etymologists have ruined a good story by saying that it comes from Middle English. Still, the Bugis version is more colourful and any decent conman (oxymoron?) will tell you that a colourful story helps to disguise a fraudulent concept. Three centuries ago, … Continue reading Green Notebook from Bugis →
They say that the name bogeyman is derived from Bugis, although those troublesome etymologists have ruined a good story by saying that it comes from Middle English. Still, the Bugis version is more colourful and any decent conman (oxymoron?) will tell you that a colourful story helps to disguise a fraudulent concept. Three centuries ago, … Continue reading Green Notebook from Bugis →
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