On Sat, Jun 14, 2008 at 10:23 AM, James E Keenan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Bernhard Schmalhofer wrote: >> >> Hi, >> > >> >> As "Plumhead" is a stupid name, cotto proposed to rename to "Pharrot". > > Problem: "Pharrot" in English is a homonym for "ferret": > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferret. > > Are we really sure we want to saddle part of our project with that > association? > > (OTOH, former NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani fully exposed his sadistic streak when > he berated a caller to his radio show for opposing the city ordinance > against keeping ferrets as pets. That little incident helped sink his > presidential bid -- thankfully, IMO.) > > kid51 >
I like to think I have a good vocabulary, and I'd never heard of this one, just as a data point. Regards. -- Will "Coke" Coleda
