Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site sdcrdcf.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!ihnp4!zehntel!hplabs!sdcrdcf!alan From: alan@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Alan Algustyniak) Newsgroups: net.jokes.d,net.nlang Subject: Re: Origins of Words Message-ID: <1346@sdcrdcf.UUCP> Date: Wed, 26-Sep-84 15:48:41 EDT Article-I.D.: sdcrdcf.1346 Posted: Wed Sep 26 15:48:41 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 29-Sep-84 08:36:09 EDT References: <1137@eosp1.UUCP> <1228@ihuxq.UUCP> Reply-To: alan@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Alan Algustyniak) Organization: System Development Corp. R+D, Santa Monica Lines: 9 Summary: Peter Fales' amusing article on the origin of 'ok' reminds me of the origin of 'barbeque' as told to me by a Frenchman. A long time ago the Barbary pirates used to carry goats aboard their shps for food. When they ate on a beach they discovered an interesting way to cook one. They made a fire and a spit. They stuck the spit in the goat 'de barb a queue.' sdcrdcf!alan