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August 12, 2008 at 10:02 pm cum on liddle pen cwen guy, ai halps u- but quik, wii gotz 2 runs awai frum da big guize
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'_Queen_ is the same as _cwen_, which means a woman, no more nor less,' said the wise King.
Figures of Earth James Branch Cabell 1918
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(Old En - glish cwen primarily meant woman, highborn or not; this is still the case in Danish, with the mod - ern spelling kvinde), as well as gynaecology (from Greek gyne), banshee fairy woman (from Irish bean woman, sí fairy) and zenana (from Persian zan).
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