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To: Virginia-American
Interesting points but they do seem to be reaching on some of the stuff in 103. "Chinook puch 'penis'?" Anything with a "u" in it below the waist seems to be counting, here.

Impressive, IOW, but is it rigorous?
113 posted on 12/09/2003 7:16:12 PM PST by VadeRetro
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To: VadeRetro
Anything with a "u" in it below the waist seems to be counting, here.

A "p" sound, a "u" sound, and a "t" sound ("ch" is attested as a changed "t" sound; think of how "t" changes to "sh" in going from president to presidential), in that order, referring to female genitalia.

Yeah, it seems a stretch, to go from female genitalia to male. I don't know of any well-attested examples of that actually happening, but I wouldn't be *too* surprised. In 103, everything except this one seems reasonable to me.

Is it rigorous? No. It's a best guess.

114 posted on 12/11/2003 9:14:35 PM PST by Virginia-American
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