And now he has done something that, for a man who describes words as "his second language", is even more remarkable: he has written a book.

最近，他还做了另一件事：他写了一本书。这对于一个自称文字是他的‘第二语言’的人来说，更为不同凡响。

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John Ayto has written several books about words and their origins and so I'm sure that he chose his words there very carefully.

约翰·埃托已经出了好几本关于单词及其来源的书了。因此，我认为，他对于遣词造句一定是非常小心谨慎的。

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Nevertheless, on his headstone were written a few nice words: “Here lies a sweet person who died in his favorite dessert.”

然而，他的墓碑上却写着一句有趣的话——这里躺着的是一个吃着最爱吃的甜食食物的爱吃甜食的人。

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We have a federal holiday dedicated to him, we have the moral authority of his spoken and written words, and we have his mighty spirit hovering over our nation like an uninterrupted sheet of light.

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But, when an author who is known for written some of the most inspirational fiction (my favorite book, The Alchemist, is a great example) shares words written by someone else and signs his name at the bottom, you have to wonder if how much benefit of the doubt to extend before the internet gets angry.

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His advice, as written, is obvious, but Jenkins speaks the words with such passionate conviction that he makes them seem like ultimate wisdom.

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