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Valerie Kathawala's avatar

I've always wondered about the etymology of "transhumance": thank you for enlightening me!

Meg Maker's avatar

My pleasure!

Turns out it's also essentially the same word in Basque (transhumantzia) and Catalan (transhumància). Latin, baby.

Sarah May Grunwald's avatar

This is the the time of year I miss going to Georgia and going to the mountains. Dogs, donkeys, sheep, cows, goats, horses, and men in transit.

Meg Maker's avatar

And the jingle-jangle, clink-clank of their bells.

David's avatar

Relating to tariffs, it was good to hear that VOS Selections received their tariff refund just the other day.