Thank you, Frank! My mind is jammed full of mostly useless information, so
it is a pleasure to use some of it occasionally. I consider it my personal
version of the "Information Junkyard". :)
Regards,
Gary
----Original Message Follows----
From: "Gruendel, Frank 3837 PPE-WT" <Frank.Gruendel@de.heidelberg.com>
To: "Newtontalk (E-mail)" <newtontalk@planetnewton.com>
Subject: NTLK Ohter - Etymology
Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1999 10:28:42 +0100
Gary said...
>The etymology of the word "crap", meaning excrement or superfluous
>material, is from the Old French, via Middle English, "crappe", ...
<courtesy snip>
>... "I gotta take a crap" expletive.
Mepit answered:
>Do we really want to know why you know this? ;~)
My unworthy comment: I, for one, enjoy reading explanations like that
occasionally, even in a Newton centered list. It gives me the chance
to improve my English which I'm always trying to do.
That said: Thanks, Gary, for the thorough explanation. From now,
whenever I'm going to ..., I'm afraid I'll have to think of the middle
age, patent numbers and automatic stopping of the water flow!
Frank
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