On Sat, Jun 14, 2008 at 10:32 AM, Will Coleda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 >
Here's how oblivious I am. I thought you said "synonym", because I couldn't hear "pharrot" as "ferret" but instead as "fair ot" I am now going to go drink more coffee!!! Whoops. -- Will "Coke" Coleda
