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Politics : Ask Michael Burke -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Knighty Tin who wrote (57821)	4/28/1999 11:19:00 AM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 132070

Thanks for setting him straight, Mike. I was afraid I was going to be stuck with the task, and was trying to think of a polite way to phrase it. You are much nicer than I am.<g>

To: Knighty Tin who wrote (57821)	4/28/1999 1:04:00 PM
From: Tommaso	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 132070

<< T, That was the straight meaning. It was used in jest when somebody broke wind rather loudly in public. <g> >> I realize that there may already have been too much petarding around on the thread, but you know what! You're right! This is also a wonderful example of the great consonant shift, or Grimm's Law, that changed words beginning with "c" into "h" in Germanic languages--so that what is "centum" in Latin is "hundred" in English; "cor," "coeur," "card--" becomes "heart." And "p" becomes "f"; "pater" becomes "father," "piscis" becomes "fish" and "péter" in French is "to fart." Even the Sanskrit word for "fart" begins with a "p." I appreciate very much learning about petard--can't believe I spent two years of my life in France without learning the word for an activity that I seem to engage in more freely every year.