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Erudite Romans :)

From:Barry Garcia <barry_garcia@...>
Date:Wednesday, November 10, 1999, 21:59
edheil@postmark.net writes:
> >The side effect is that naughty Romans merely sound erudite. :)
Boy, those romans could have the foulest mouths and sound clincal to my ears :). Anyway, I read somewhere that all of the polite terms for bodily functions and parts either come from Middle French or Latin, and all the rude words are of Anglo-Saxon origin. True? Yes? No? _-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_- 'The beginning calls for courage; the end demands care'