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Words. Hi, it's another mini-cast from Away With Words. I'm Martha Barnett. We hope you're

enjoying your summer, unless of course you're in the southern hemisphere, in which case,

Ola! And how's it? And we hope you're enjoying your winter.

Recently we received a call from Benjamin. He's a Lutheran pastor in Duncanville, Texas.

And Benjamin had been curious about a word he came across in a biography of a French statesman.

Now this word appeared to be a derogatory reference to Germans.

Benjamin's question was just how derogatory or offensive is it?

And it has nothing to do with Bruce Springsteen, right?

Virtually nothing, I'm pretty sure.

Okay. So how are you spelling it?

BOS-C-H?

Oh, B-O-S-C-H, okay.

Yeah, I came across it also as having a B-O-S-C-H-E,

depending on here using it as an English speaker or a French speaker.

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