Re: Verruca
| From: | Nik Taylor <yonjuuni@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, January 7, 2003, 21:30 |
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James Landau wrote:
> There is also a band named Veruca Salt (this being spelt with one R,
> I'm SURE), further familiarizing the word (I've come across people who
> have heard of the band, but had no idea where the name came from!)
I'd initially interpreted it, when I first heard it, as "Baruk Assault",
and wondered what "Baruk" meant. :-) Of course, when I found out what
the name actually was, it still made no more sense to me.
> they will usually just say "wart" in popular conversation;
> "verruca" sounds like a scientific oddity.
So, verruca = wart? Or is it a type or wart, or what?
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