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#54245 01/31/02 05:01 AM
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I have also heard them called sideboards. Whether this is a folk etymology from those who have never heard of the General or whether this name came first and led to the twisting of the General's name, I don't know.

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Good heavens, I thought a sideboard was just a table where you set the food that was being served at a big dinner (as opposed to the table where you sit).


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BobY writes : Then you inform us Churchill's father was named Jennie.
Where is the gutter police?

No need, sweetie ... what of troy wrote is :
Jerome Ave is for Jennie Jerome Churchill's father..

It threw me, too, for a moment until I reread it. To put it another way (with your persmission, Helen) Jerome Ave is named for the father of Jennie Jerome. OK?
Jennie Jerome of USA was the mother of Winston Churchill.


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yeah-- i figured everyone would get..and since it was open to interpretation.. (and an interesting mis-interpretation, at that) i didn't edit..

i could have also written Jerome Ave was named for Jennie Churchill's (nee Jerome)father.. on the theory that Jennie Jerome Churchill might be better known than her father.. even if she is less well known than her son..


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Jennie Jerome Churchill's father

Jennie Jerome, Churchill's father


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Possible YART, but I am too lazy to LIU.

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Woman! without her, man is a savage.


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Interestingly enough, lanugo is the same word/same meaning in Spanish. Lanudo is related and means "wooly". They both come from the latin "lana" meaning wool. Lana in Spanish means wool too, but in slang also means money, especially accompanied by one of these hand gestures: for a small amount of lana, rub the fingertips of the thumb and first two fingers back and forth lightly several times; for larger amounts, hold your thumb and index finger extended in a bracket with the other three fingers folded into the palm. Snap the whole hand forward, stiffly, once only and maintain for a count of three.Now you're doin' that crazy hand jive, hijo


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And then there's "Mutton dressed up as lamb" .



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which shows up in English as lanoline.. the lovely soft grease pressed from lambs wool, and used as lubricant!

i don't know if it is used industrially, but it sure is used {crossing threads!) universally in cosmetics..


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One of them even earned the contempt of all the others for having the temerity to express a preference for New Zealand mutton!

Yes, Galsworthy must have been paid by the British Sheepmeat Producers Association or whatever it's called. NZ has NEVER exported mutton to Britain as far as I'm aware. Lamb, yes. Hogget, yes. Mutton, never. What never? Well ... hardly ever!



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