"Tom says he learned this from his sister living in America."
As for contradicting facts to ride a hobby horse: descending into insults ...
Spare us the missionaries; not that I know anything about your local traditions of course... :)
I have encountered the Lock Hospitals comes from loques idea before. I used to believe it but not one of the people who repeats this idea has cited any evidence in support of it. By evidence I mean an example of this usage from the times.
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