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#7555 10/09/2000 4:46 PM
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Carnival means "O flesh, farewell."

Carnation is a flesh colored flower.

A carnivore eats flesh.

What other words have this root?



#7556 10/09/2000 5:03 PM
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chile con carne - chili with meat
incarnadine - flesh-colored; blood red
carnifex - an executioner



#7557 10/09/2000 5:59 PM
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carnal - bodily
carnage - flesh of slain animal or man


#7558 10/10/2000 1:24 AM
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Incarnate: in the flesh.

Welcome, xara.


#7559 10/10/2000 2:13 PM
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carnal - bodily


I wonder if this is why Brief Encounter was filmed at Carnforth?


#7560 10/10/2000 2:16 PM
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Aren't the carnassials the 'scissor' teeth the carnivores use for tearing flesh?

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#7561 10/11/2000 5:30 PM
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I prefer carnubial to carnal. The expression <having had carnal knowledge of somebody> seems so much harsher than <sharing carnubial bliss >. Mind you, (and I am speaking from the gutter here), carnal knowledge also brings up the image of a passionate, hot and sweaty, sexual encounter, which is not so bad either. All right, I've changed my mind .


#7562 10/12/2000 7:54 AM
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How about

carn on the cob = chicken satay

carnucopia = a brothel

...because I've told you before, you carn't do that... = the spirit is willing but...

carnsharp = a supermodel?

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#7563 10/12/2000 12:01 PM
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And, for Australian Rules football fans, there's always 'Carn the Bombers'.


#7564 10/12/2000 8:14 PM
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And, for Australian Rules football fans, there's always 'Carn the Bombers'.

Actually I thought 'Carn the Pies' (short for the Magpies) would be a nice tie-in with the theme, drawing in an oblique reference to that Aussie icon The Meat Pie and homage to the pieman who posted the original question.


#7565 10/12/2000 11:23 PM
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Let us not forget the Karna Sutra.


#7566 10/12/2000 11:25 PM
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... or Instant Karna, as long as we're at it.


#7567 10/15/2000 6:12 AM
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Carnataka?




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