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Re:How French Was Medieval England? by naravara on Saturday January 27, 2024 @08:08AM (#39155220)
> manslaughter

I never understood what they thought was so funny.

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Re:How French Was Medieval England? by gumby on Saturday January 27, 2024 @09:44AM (#39155953)
The joke is that they don’t decline “man” properly (“mans” rather than “men”).

Today we’d write it menslol.

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