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GUEST,weerover Origins: Just what is a Cutty Wren? (40) RE: Origins: Just what is a Cutty Wren? 06 Jan 04


"Cutty" is a scots word which means small. As the wren is a tiny bird in any case, this may be a tautology: not entirely sure, but I've generally considered that a tautology is accidental and unconscious, when deliberate and conscious it becomes a pleonasm. Any enlightenment?

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