Language Log: BBC approves.... (***possibly upsetting language warning!***)
from http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/004633.html
Wow, a whole long article in which the word "gob" (typically understood to mean "mouth") plays an important role, and not once is it trotted out that it means "beak" or "bill" in Irish!
What's that feeling? I think it's...it's relief.
Why?
Because it's just not clear where the English word came from. There, I said it.
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