{"id":4133,"date":"2011-03-19T20:31:36","date_gmt":"2011-03-20T00:31:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/norwichhumanities\/?p=4133"},"modified":"2011-03-19T20:31:36","modified_gmt":"2011-03-20T00:31:36","slug":"t-i-double-ga-er-that-spells","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/norwichhumanities\/2011\/03\/t-i-double-ga-er-that-spells\/","title":{"rendered":"T-I-Double Ga-ER.  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