diff --git a/modules/etymology.py b/modules/etymology.py
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-#!/usr/bin/env python
-"""
-etymology.py - Phenny Etymology Module
-Copyright 2007-9, Sean B. Palmer, inamidst.com
-Licensed under the Eiffel Forum License 2.
-
-http://inamidst.com/phenny/
-"""
-
-import re
-import urllib.request
-import web
-from tools import deprecated
-
-etysite = 'http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?'
-etyuri = etysite + 'allowed_in_frame=0&term=%s'
-etysearch = etysite + 'allowed_in_frame=0&search=%s'
-
-r_definition = re.compile(r'(?ims)<dd[^>]*>.*?</dd>')
-r_tag = re.compile(r'<(?!!)[^>]+>')
-r_whitespace = re.compile(r'[\t\r\n ]+')
-
-class Grab(urllib.request.URLopener): 
-    def __init__(self, *args): 
-        self.version = 'Mozilla/5.0 (Phenny)'
-        urllib.URLopener.__init__(self, *args)
-    def http_error_default(self, url, fp, errcode, errmsg, headers): 
-        return urllib.addinfourl(fp, [headers, errcode], "http:" + url)
-
-abbrs = [
-    'cf', 'lit', 'etc', 'Ger', 'Du', 'Skt', 'Rus', 'Eng', 'Amer.Eng', 'Sp', 
-    'Fr', 'N', 'E', 'S', 'W', 'L', 'Gen', 'J.C', 'dial', 'Gk', 
-    '19c', '18c', '17c', '16c', 'St', 'Capt', 'obs', 'Jan', 'Feb', 'Mar', 
-    'Apr', 'Jul', 'Aug', 'Sep', 'Oct', 'Nov', 'Dec', 'c', 'tr', 'e', 'g'
-]
-t_sentence = r'^.*?(?<!%s)(?:\.(?= [A-Z0-9]|\Z)|\Z)'
-r_sentence = re.compile(t_sentence % ')(?<!'.join(abbrs))
-
-def unescape(s): 
-    s = s.replace('&gt;', '>')
-    s = s.replace('&lt;', '<')
-    s = s.replace('&amp;', '&')
-    return s
-
-def text(html): 
-    html = r_tag.sub('', html)
-    html = r_whitespace.sub(' ', html)
-    return unescape(html).strip()
-
-def etymology(word): 
-    # @@ <nsh> sbp, would it be possible to have a flag for .ety to get 2nd/etc
-    # entries? - http://swhack.com/logs/2006-07-19#T15-05-29
-
-    if len(word) > 25: 
-        raise ValueError("Word too long: %s[...]" % word[:10])
-    word = {'axe': 'ax/axe'}.get(word, word)
-
-    grab = urllib.request._urlopener
-    urllib.request._urlopener = Grab()
-    urllib.request._urlopener.addheader("Referer", "http://www.etymonline.com/")
-    bytes = web.get(etyuri % web.quote(word))
-    urllib.request._urlopener = grab
-    definitions = r_definition.findall(bytes)
-
-    if not definitions: 
-        return None
-
-    defn = text(definitions[0])
-    m = r_sentence.match(defn)
-    if not m: 
-        return None
-    sentence = m.group(0)
-
-    try: 
-        sentence = unicode(sentence, 'iso-8859-1')
-        sentence = sentence.encode('utf-8')
-    except: pass
-    sentence = web.decode(sentence)
-
-    maxlength = 275
-    if len(sentence) > maxlength: 
-        sentence = sentence[:maxlength]
-        words = sentence[:-5].split(' ')
-        words.pop()
-        sentence = ' '.join(words) + ' [...]'
-
-    sentence = '"' + sentence.replace('"', "'") + '"'
-    return sentence + ' - etymonline.com'
-
-@deprecated
-def f_etymology(self, origin, match, args): 
-    word = match.group(2)
-
-    try: result = etymology(word.encode('iso-8859-1'))
-    except IOError: 
-        msg = "Can't connect to etymonline.com (%s)" % (etyuri % word)
-        self.msg(origin.sender, msg)
-        return
-    except AttributeError: 
-        result = None
-
-    if result is not None: 
-        self.msg(origin.sender, result)
-    else: 
-        uri = etysearch % word
-        msg = 'Can\'t find the etymology for "%s". Try %s' % (word, uri)
-        self.msg(origin.sender, msg)
-# @@ Cf. http://swhack.com/logs/2006-01-04#T01-50-22
-f_etymology.rule = (['ety'], r"(.+?)$")
-f_etymology.thread = True
-f_etymology.priority = 'high'
-
-if __name__=="__main__": 
-    import sys
-    print(etymology(sys.argv[1]))