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From: biep@klipper.UUCP (J. A. "Biep" Durieux)
Newsgroups: net.singles,net.nlang
Subject: Re: versatile word
Message-ID: <503@klipper.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 4-Oct-85 05:19:27 EDT
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Posted: Fri Oct  4 05:19:27 1985
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>> In article <1170@vax1.fluke.UUCP> suz@fluke.UUCP (Suzanne Jurgensen) writes:
>> (in net.jokes)
>> >Fuck, as most words in
>> >the English language takes its name from the german word "fricken" which
>> >means to "stick."

*That* must be a versatile word! To be the root of most words in the English
language!

But, seriously, do we really want to restart for the nth time the discussion
about the origin of the word "fuck"? Isn't there someone who can post a sum-
mary of the results from the last discussion? Or perhaps it's time to put it
in the list of frequently asked questions (Gene, are you there?).

-- 
							  Biep.
	{seismo|decvax|philabs|garfield|okstate}!mcvax!vu44!biep

Hi, NSA, you read this, since I say KGB, El Salvador, DES decryption and CIA.