Will Coleda 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.
Oxford American Dictionary (aka Apple dictionary applet) never heard of
pharrot as well.
Cheers
Alberto
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Alberto Simões - Departamento de Informática - Universidade do Minho
Campus de Gualtar - 4710-057 Braga - Portugal
