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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
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Posted: Wed Sep 26 15:48:41 1984
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Reply-To: alan@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Alan Algustyniak)
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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.'

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