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To: blam

Sopillotes. That's "vultures" in Spanish.


2 posted on 05/01/2006 7:27:59 PM PDT by sinkspur (Things are about to happen that will answer all your questions and solve all your problems.)
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To: sinkspur

Whatever the language, you're spot on.


5 posted on 05/01/2006 7:32:03 PM PDT by jazusamo (-- Married a WAC in '65 and I'm still reenlisting. :-)
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To: sinkspur

Vulture---That's interesting - in ancient Greek it is "katharma" - which meant "cleanser"...but in modern Greek has acquired a negative connotation...kind of like a bastard.


17 posted on 05/01/2006 8:35:18 PM PDT by eleni121 ('Thou hast conquered, O Galilean!' (Julian the Apostate))
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