To: Monkey Face
You are so gauche... Another word Tolkien invented?
8,906 posted on
11/25/2005 5:50:50 PM PST by
Irish_Thatcherite
(~~~A vote for Bertie Ahern is a vote for Gerry Adams!~~~)
To: Irish_Thatcherite
No, Tolkein did not invent gauche...the French did.
8,911 posted on
11/25/2005 5:54:21 PM PST by
Monkey Face
(A bheil síon anns do fhéile, no a tha thu buidhe 'nam amharc?)
To: Irish_Thatcherite
"Gauche" is French for "left", but is often used in English to mean "outré".
8,919 posted on
11/25/2005 6:00:18 PM PST by
Alice au Wonderland
(Viper-Tongued Sister of the King, Mother Superior, Purveyor of Prurience, Caustic Court Castigator)
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