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πŸ”΄ πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ “Asylum”

I have no idea whether Trump is confused about the difference between “political asylum” and “insane asylum”, or just expects or hopes that his audience will be. But since this is Language Log and not Political Psychiatry Log, let’s look into the usage history and the deeper etymology.

languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/

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