/ kalebeul / 2004 / 02 / 19 / shatnes /
As a second-class Anglo-Saxon, I would have immediately and incorrectly assumed that the use of the word shatnes in connection with wool and linen referred to the increase in hygiene and decrease in mortality that resulted from making undergarments from the latter rather than the former (PDF).
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Trevor @ 19 February 2004 11:59 AM
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