Ira,
Latin for wrath,
may have some connection to iron
and or
sword
but not word.
Leaving aside swerve
and stray,
we come to
ire,
I.R.A.
I.R.S.,
Ira Glass,
who studied semiotics at Brown,
and consideration of today’s questions:
where did the phrase
theatre of war arise,
and have you heard of the Theatre War?
It’s Scandinavian.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theatre_War ;
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theatre_War>
David Ritchie,
Portland, Oregon