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To: beyond the sea
It 'spells' a four-letter word, which actually originated from the word CONEY.
co·ney1 also co·ny   Audio pronunciation of "coney" ( P )  Pronunciation Key  (kn, kn)
n. pl. co·neys, also co·nies
  1. A rabbit, especially the European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus).
  2. The fur of a rabbit.
  3. See pika.
  4. See hyrax.
    1. A grouper (Epinephelus fulvus) of the tropical Atlantic, having dark brown or sharply bicolored skin and a few blue and black spots.
    2. Chiefly Florida Keys & West Indies. Either of two related fish, the red hind or the graysby.
  5. Archaic. A dupe; a simpleton.


[Middle English coni, from Old French conis, pl. of conil, from Latin cunculus, possibly from cunnus, cunus, female pudenda.]

221 posted on 12/19/2005 8:10:11 PM PST by arasina (So there.)
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To: arasina
Either of two related fish, the red hind or the graysby.

I BEG your pardon?

224 posted on 12/19/2005 8:13:02 PM PST by txhurl (hook'em)
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To: arasina
Aha!

I was just thinking of Allen Funt and "Candid Camera".

;-)

259 posted on 12/20/2005 2:10:24 AM PST by beyond the sea (Murtha: Redeployment - What .......Surrender? --- Victory is not a strategy.)
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