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The Consumer's Word
~ Food prices have gone up to $0.93 (from $0.8😎
~ Gift prices have gone up to $2.17 (from $2.16)
~ Gun prices have gone down to $7.05 (from $6.90)
~ Moving Ticket prices have gone to $10.1 (from $10.1)
~ House prices have gone down to $247.34 (from $262.6)

The Manufacturer's Word
~ Grain prices have gone down to $0.337 (from $0.35)
~ Diamond prices have gone up to $0.752 (from $0.53)
~ Iron prices have gone down to $0.651 (from $0.66)
~ Oil prices have gone down to $0.493 (from $0.50)
~ Wood prices have gone down to $0.413 (from $0.43)

The Political Word
~ Ireland attacked Rhode Island, USA
~ A congress donation to Congressional Budget Office was proposed
~ New taxes for gift were proposed

The Economist's Word
GDP: 3336.78 Gold (from 2119.81 Gold)
Exports: 163.45 Gold (from 166.07 Gold)
Imports: 13.73 Gold (from 3.16 Gold)
Inflation: 36.12 % (from 2.61😵
GDP Per Person: 0.2215 Gold (from 0.1429 Gold)
Average Salary: 0.19 Gold (from 0.1882 Gold)

The Fun Word (The Origin of "The Finger")

This is not meant to be crude. It is strictly for your edification and enjoyment.
Before the Battle of Agincourt in 1415, the French, anticipating victory over the English, proposed to cut off the middle finger of all captured English soldiers. Without the middle finger, it would be impossible to draw the renowned English longbow and therefore be incapable of fighting in the future.

This famous weapon was made of the native English Yew tree, and the act of drawing the longbow was known as "plucking the yew." Much to the bewilderment of the French, the English won a major upset and began mocking the French by waving their middle fingers at the defeated French,saying, "See, we can still pluck yew! PLUCK YEW!"

Over the years, some 'folk etymologies' have grown up around this symbolic gesture. Since 'pluck yew' is rather difficult to say (like "pleasant mother pheasant plucker", which is who you had to go to for the feathers used on the arrows for the longbow), the difficult consonant cluster at the beginning has gradually changed to a labiodental fricative 'F', and thus the words often used in conjunction with the one-finger-salute are mistakenly thought to have something to do with an intimate encounter.

It is also because of the pheasant feathers on the arrows that the symbolic gesture is known as "giving the bird."


The Editor's Word
Dear Readers,
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WE NEED SPONSORS! We don’t have anyone paying for our staff and our upcoming advertisements! = (
BTW we are going to release “The Word- internationally” and take the lowest price in each market and put it in here and then you can compare it to the eUSA’s (but I am going to warn you – everything is going to be in GOLD!)- heck you are going to compare everything to the eUSA’s!