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To: SAMWolf; Victoria Delsoul; SpookBrat; MistyCA; vikingchick; AntiJen; harpseal; Travis McGee; ...
Great thread SAM. A little trivia:

Did you know that "mosquito" is the Spanish word for the bloodsucking insects that observant Spaniards saw swarming around mosques?



16 posted on 11/16/2002 9:44:40 AM PST by Sabertooth
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To: Sabertooth
I think rather that it probably came from "mosca" the Spanish word for fly.
19 posted on 11/16/2002 10:22:41 AM PST by PUGACHEV
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To: Sabertooth
Why am I not surprised.
29 posted on 11/16/2002 11:46:13 AM PST by SAMWolf
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