Raymond Brown scripsit:
> Doesn't work so well in Brit English where an ass is just an archaic word
> for "donkey". (I assume the American 'ass' did actually start out as a
> euphemism for the old fashion 'arse').
I don't know if it was a euphemism, or just an ordinary sound change
[ars] > [a:s] > [&s].
> And the poem at his brother's grave - Multas per gentes et multa per
> aequora uectus - is IMO both finely written and very moving.
Indeed, indeed.
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John Cowan cowan@ccil.org
One art/there is/no less/no more/All things/to do/with sparks/galore
--Douglas Hofstadter