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Reading one of those bi-lingual, community-service signs the other day, my wife made the observation that the Spanish word for "pregnant" was embarazada, and wondered if it was related to our word...

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Pregnancy is not an embarrassment as long as you can control it. In many places where birth control is not readily available (on religious or other grounds), there is usually an abundance of brothels,...

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That's an interesting observation, Lionello. You may have something there.

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This etymology does explain why one's finances can be embarrassed; something which had always struck me as a vaguely odd usage.

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