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Old October 1st, 2003, 03:31 PM

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Originally posted by PDF:
AFAIK "*****" is primarily a female dog, the foul sense came from applying it to a woman !
The ***** Queen indeed looks like a dog.
But I'm French, so my English etymology may be faulty.. !
You are indeed correct, sir. The word's etymological orgin is indeed canine. Mais le problème, c'est que nous les yankees avons quasiment oublié ce fait. Comme d'hab. L'étymologie? On s'en fiche!

(Et malheureusement, pour une grande partie du monde, l'anglais, c'est l'anglais américain, avec son argot moche, son jargon idiot du jour, et sans aucune respect pour la tradition linguistique...)



(And to make matters worse, we're thoroughly corrupting other dialects of English as well...)

[ October 01, 2003, 14:33: Message edited by: E. Albright ]
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