From: J Corbally (icorb@indigo.ie)
Date: Wed Jan 23 2002 - 16:04:44 MST
>Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2002 21:58:22 +0100
>From: "scerir" <scerir@libero.it>
>Subject: Re: Expletive Humor (was: Re: Skeptics and extropians)
> > ..............didn't know about the
> > Romance languages, however
> > I vaguely remember in French
> > = 'merde').
> > Amara
>Hmmm,
>ancient greek: kak£ = bad thing
>italian: cacca
>[everything about cacca at
>http://www.toiletclub.it/cacca.htm ]
>cake?
I seem to remember this word being used in the TV series "Quantum Leap",
although I'm not convinced it had the exact same connotations.
James....
"If you can't take a little bloody nose, maybe you ought to go back home and
crawl under your bed. It's not safe out here. It's wondrous, with treasures
to satiate desires both subtle and gross. But it's not for the timid."
-Q, Star Trek:TNG episode 'Q Who'
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