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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!~~~)
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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?)
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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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