This may explain the activity in the rigging of the Good Ship Venus, etymologically and…

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This may explain the activity in the rigging of the Good Ship Venus, etymologically and mythologically.
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Professional translator by day. Writer of silly and serious stuff by night. Also by day, when I get fed up of tedious translations. Founder of Iberospherical.
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