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To: Edward J. Smith who wrote (9616)6/23/1998 3:41:00 PM
From: Charles A. King  Respond to of 13091
 
Not to imply that I am also unclean (g), but I dug out my old Websters's and it says there is a french-derived word "pique", pronounced "peak", which when used as a verb, means "to excite, arouse, provoke." I suppose the spelling "peak" could also envision a summit or a maximization.

Pique when used as a noun, means a fit of displeasure. Hope I didn't bring that on today.

Charles



To: Edward J. Smith who wrote (9616)6/24/1998 1:55:00 AM
From: Norman H. Hostetler  Respond to of 13091
 
Quite right about "piqued." Good catch. I saw that myself after the time for editing the post had expired and thought, "ah, to hell with bothering with a correction," since it had become rather late. The French word "pique" is related to the English word "pike" (as in a short, spear-like weapon), not "peak," despite the similarity in pronunciation to the latter. Hence the meanings Charles cites.

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