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Thread #13043   Message #107378
Posted By: kathcart
22-Aug-99 - 02:51 AM
Thread Name: Best 100 folk words ever
Subject: RE: BEST 100 FOLK WORDS EVER:
I believe that's amanita, Frank. Pale Amanita with the blue gills. No, wait... a blue gill- that's a catfish, eh? Well here's a puzzle. So what's a tipple roar? I'd like to nominate IE... that's a latin word that Ian Tyson (Katy & The Navajo Rug) stole from John Denver (Calypson), only no one knows cause he SECRETED AWAY the 2nd half.