| From: | Barry Garcia <barry_garcia@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, January 6, 2003, 9:56 |
CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU writes:>on the word verruca . . . is it much known in the >states and elsewhere ? an american colleague of mine >said he'd never heard of them, but they're well known >in british primary schools !Only maybe through the movie "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory". From the character Verruca Salt. And also the Band by the same name. Most probably don't know it means "Wart".