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To: Louis Foxwell
The word rolls off the tongue easily, and sounds quite lovely; however, if we look at the etymology it more or less translates to "fly gulper" (from the French gober, meaning "to swallow whole", and mouche, meaning "fly").

... perhaps she'll die.

25 posted on 07/29/2015 5:15:53 AM PDT by NicknamedBob ("Australia: Every animal is one of three types: Dangerous, Poisonous, or sheep." Rorschach's Blot)
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To: NicknamedBob

I don’t know why.


28 posted on 07/29/2015 5:22:16 AM PDT by tioga
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