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From: Sofia <pinkmonster2000REM...@ALLCAPSyahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Terry Tour Report - Seattle, WA, USA Edition
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 23:58:26 +0100
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On Sun, 15 Oct 2006 10:00:16 -0400, Arthur Hagen wrote:

>>> 
>>>> ten
>>>> 
>>>>> You will all want to look up the origins of the word
>>>>> "fornicator" at some point soon.
>>>> 
>>>> Checking Etymonline, I find it's from fornus = "oven of
>>>> arched or domed shape".
>>>> I guess it's one of the intermediate meanings you want us
>>>> to find, like fornix = vault.
>> 
>> Yep, that has the potential to be a very interesting pun in a
>> book about the banking industry.
> 
> Interestingly, the word "vault" has the same etymology as "vulva".
> 

As far as I know, a vault is also a burial chamber, a domed underground
chamber, or a really high/long leap, but I've never heard it called a
*vulva* before, "aaarrrggghhh"! :-(.


Sofie

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