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Ummmmmmm Become Ymmmmmmm

What makes a word? Who made each word? Someone had to, right? It may have been Adam and Eve. Or perhaps they sat around staring at apples and fig leaves. Maybe they hummed, and marched and sang nonsense songs. Maybe they started making words out of sheer boredom and desperation TREE Adam said, pointing. APPLE Eve argued, being a woman. The cavemen might have been the first to make up words. They would have started from grunts probably. UMMMMMMMMMMMM made more often while eating Soon turning to YUMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM The Incas, Mayas and Aztecs might have been the first to use words. Because they were a bit more advanced. Maybe arguing about it at first But rapidly giving in to the high priests who somehow became the ones To convince them to sacrifice a virgin for the crops each year. They probably had to develop words to be persuasive. Can you imagine our day without words? I cannot even imagine a day without typing Or writing something…

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Date: 8/17/2019 6:27:00 PM
I don't want to imagine it but, I'm sure it was that way once.
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Caren Krutsinger
Date: 8/18/2019 7:16:00 AM
I would have loved to have been the one to make up half of the words!

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