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Origin of the word "kitty"
From http://www.netpets.com/cats/referenc...athistory.html
"From the word utchat we get the vast majority of the Indo-European names for the cat: cat, chat, cattus..." However "kitty" is a Chinese word In fact, there is Moo-goo-gai-kitty with fried rice! |
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"Knack" wrote in message link.net... From http://www.netpets.com/cats/referenc...athistory.html "From the word utchat we get the vast majority of the Indo-European names for the cat: cat, chat, cattus..." However "kitty" is a Chinese word In fact, there is Moo-goo-gai-kitty with fried rice! There's a word for this, uh, individual, but a cartoon says it better - http://www.winternet.com/~mikelr/flame29.html |
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Bobcat wrote:
"Knack" wrote in message However "kitty" is a Chinese word In fact, there is Moo-goo-gai-kitty with fried rice! There's a word for this, uh, individual, but a cartoon says it better - http://www.winternet.com/~mikelr/flame29.html Yeah, and s/he's a stupid troll, too - "gai" means chicken! Joyce |
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wrote in message ... Bobcat wrote: "Knack" wrote in message However "kitty" is a Chinese word In fact, there is Moo-goo-gai-kitty with fried rice! There's a word for this, uh, individual, but a cartoon says it better - http://www.winternet.com/~mikelr/flame29.html Yeah, and s/he's a stupid troll, too - "gai" means chicken! Joyce "Stupid" sums up the entire Trolldom community nicely. Few, if any, are otherwise. |
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