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Re: Making money from Java
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| Richard 2005-12-06, 6:55 pm |
| > Odd... what is the reason behind using as the 'slang for toilet' the
> call-letters of a radio-station in Ames, Iowa?
The actual letters of the 'slang term' are kharzi (somethimes rendered
with an 's'). Originally an Indian word. I would assume that 'the
reason behind' is that they cannot spell.
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| In article <1133896294.617598.250710@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com>,
Richard <riplin@Azonic.co.nz> wrote:
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>The actual letters of the 'slang term' are kharzi (somethimes rendered
>with an 's'). Originally an Indian word. I would assume that 'the
>reason behind' is that they cannot spell.
Of *course* they cannot spell... most tribes - the Arapahoe, the Paiute,
the Naragansett come to mind - did not, as I recall, have an alphabetic
language.
Oh... the *other* Indians. As you were.
DD
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