To: ClearCase_guy
I heard one translation of “petard” was “fart”.
Of course for some, they might be both explosion and fart.
21 posted on
10/10/2018 10:39:35 AM PDT by
rlmorel
(Leftists: They believe in the "Invisible Hand" only when it is guided by government.)
To: rlmorel
This is terrible. What a loss of a fine man.
35 posted on
10/10/2018 11:23:40 AM PDT by
squarebarb
( Fairy tales are basically true.)
To: rlmorel
I heard one translation of petard was fart.It's a little of both. "Petard" is derived from a Middle French word for "fart," so the exploding device must have sounded rather like flatulence.
Etymology is fascinating. For instance, word "harass" takes on a new flavor when traced back to an Old French word for "to sic a dog on."
41 posted on
10/10/2018 1:25:54 PM PDT by
dorothy
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