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Re: Bostonites. *ZAP*

From:Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...>
Date:Tuesday, March 16, 1999, 19:34
Carlos Thompson wrote:
> BTW, the only context I usually hear "lonja" is for ham, cheese or real > estates.
Well, a slice of cheese or ham can be a snack, and "snack" was the original meaning of the word in English. -- "It's bad manners to talk about ropes in the house of a man whose father was hanged." - Irish proverb http://members.tripod.com/~Nik_Taylor/X-Files http://members.tripod.com/~Nik_Taylor/Books.html ICQ: 18656696 AIM Screen-name: NikTailor