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Jackie! It was you who, in Miscellany, requested that we refrain from such stuff in Q&A! Thus rack shall wrack your request!
I shall refrain from mentioning that of late US males have used rack as a slang term for the contents of a brassiere.
contents of a brassiere."
Dear TEd: Thanks for a nice example of paralipsis (thanks, gymkhana)
And one of your "racks" with more than two prongs would not be endeering. Nor a place to hang your hat.
OP
Jackie, we both know, being female, that one of the rights and privileges of our fair sex is the right to turn on a dime in changing our minds. You may have been literal in your above post, however.
Those bug shields on the front of sports cars are sometimes called bras, aren't they? I think it sounds gross..
WordWoman
March khamsin: like a lion.
TEd
OP
and: ...goes out like a Landlash (whirlwind in Scotland) tried hard to find a wind for goes out, but this was the best I could do, although it messes up the parallelism, not to mention the entire sense. Oh well...at least it's another name for a wind
Dub
Yup--rushing through and got careless, again--a frequent comment on my school report cards.
OP
Here's a great list I quote in full, several of which we have mentioned here:
"Aejej In Morocco, a whirlwind in the desert.
Aquilo In ancient Rome, a northwesterly wind.
Bad-I-Sad-O-Bist-Roz In Afghanistan, a hot and dry northwesterly wind from June to September.
Carabinera In Spain, a squall.
Chinook In US, Native American meaning "snow eater", a downslope wind heated by compression.
In Southern California, a "Santa Ana."
Cat's Paw In US, a breeze just strong enough to ripple a water surface.
Chi'ing Fung In China, a gentle breeze.
Chocolatero On Mexico's Gulf Coast, hot sandy squall colored brown by dust.
Crivetz In Romania, cold northeasterly blizzard wind.
Elephanta On India's Malabar Coast, southerly gale marking the end of the wet season.
Euros In ancient Greece, sultry, wet wind from the east.
Haboob In Sudan, a dust storm followed by rain.
From the Arabic habb, "To blow."
Hayate In Japan, a gale.
Hippopotanimus In Kenya, wet wind from the south
Kadja In Bali, a steady breeze off the sea.
Kohilo In Hawaii, a gentle breeze.
Kolawaik In Argentina, southerly wind of the Gran Chaco.
Kubang In Java, a chinook.
Landlash In Scotland, a gale.
Mamatele In Malta, a hot northwesterly wind.
Mato Wamniyomi Native American (Dakota), a whirlwind, dust devil or tornado.
Moncao In Portugal, a northeasterly trade wind.
Papagayos In Costa Rica, a cool wind from the north.
Pittarak In Greenland, a wind from the northwest.
Quexalcoatl From the Aztecs, a wind from the west.
Samiel In Turkey, a hot, dry wind.
Santa Ana A California style chinook. (warm or hot dry downslope winds)
Shawondasee Native American (Algonquin), "lazy wind," from the south in the late summer.
Sirocco In North Africa, a wind from the desert bringing hot, dry weather. Many local names.
Suestada In Uruguay and Argentina, a strong, rainy gale.
Sukhovey In Mongolia, a warm, easterly dust storm wind in the Gobi Desert.
Tokalau In Figi, a wind from the northeast.
Vind-Blaer In Iceland, a breeze mentioned in Icelandic sagas.
Vind Gnyr In Ancient Ireland, a blustery thunderstorm downdraft.
Whittle In England, a wind gust named when Captain Whittle's coffin was upset.
Xlokk In Malta, a hot, dry wind.
Yamo In Ugandda, a "wind in a body" whirlwind.
Zephyr In Italy, a mild breeze bringing pleasant weather.
Zonda In Argentina, a chinook in the Andes Region."
http://www.soilsci.ndsu.nodak.edu/Enz/ss217/winds.html
...well, I did slip in one that wasn't there....
WindWord
http://www.retroactive.com/jan98/petomane.html
OP
Your link on Le Pétomane is the most bizarre account I've ever read, both as a teacher and a musician. Now, we do have brass players come to our school occasionally, and one of them plays a brilliant, rocket-fast piece on a garden hose--no pistons, all variations of pitch done with his lips against the mouth of the hose--
But nothing like your link! I am stilling laughing over it--read both pages. And I wonder why there was no mention of him in the summer film, "Moulin Rouge"? That film was so wacky (and I thought wonderful in many ways) that Le Pétomane would have fit right in--right next to the windmill.
Gosh, just when you think you've heard it all...
DubDub
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