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Well, I was very, very sleepy, but my eye caught this phrase from what wwh posted:
haricot
n.
5Fr < harigoter, to cut to pieces < ? MDu *harigod, sharp tool < haren, to sharpen + god, a tool6
And somehow in my sleepinees, all I could think of were wwh's haricots and then the old word above harigoter and then the reading on "to sharpen + god." Somehow I made the leap backward to haricots being little beany sharpened gods. 'Twas a wonder.
But why would harigoter be sharp god? Why? What a strange word.
I am still sleepy, by the way. It's 5:30 p.m. and I'm about to go to bed early tonight, so please go gently with me.
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted haricot wwh 09/16/03 07:10 PM Re: haricot Wordwind 09/16/03 11:10 PM Re: sharpened gods Faldage 09/17/03 12:09 PM Re: sharpened gods Wordwind 09/17/03 08:28 PM Re: sharpened gods Faldage 09/17/03 08:57 PM Re: sharpened gods wwh 09/17/03 09:17 PM Re: sharpened gods wwh 09/17/03 09:29 PM Re: sharpened gods Wordwind 09/18/03 03:58 PM Re: sharpened gods wwh 09/18/03 05:20 PM Re: sharply drenched bedwetters Wordwind 09/18/03 07:08 PM Re: sharply flavoured green beans maverick 09/18/03 11:09 PM Re: sharply flavoured green beans wwh 09/18/03 11:30 PM maverick 09/19/03 12:29 AM
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