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title: On Rudeness
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Today's edition of "understanding human behavior through etymology":

[rude][1]'s Latin root "rudis" means "untaught" and is also the root of [erudite][2].

   [1]: http://www.answers.com/rude
   [2]: http://www.answers.com/erudite
