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NARSES2

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May 30, 2025, 05:59:14 AM
Quote from: Old Wombat on May 29, 2025, 06:49:22 AMI wrote "flaccid", not "flatulent"! :rolleyes:

Same root, it's not actually, but ................ :angel:

As an interesting aside today 30th May is the 66th anniversary of the launching of the first full size experimental hovercraft, the SR-N1. (Courtesy of the I newspaper's daily Anniversaries piece).
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May 30, 2025, 08:59:08 AM
Quote from: NARSES2 on May 30, 2025, 05:59:14 AM
Quote from: Old Wombat on May 29, 2025, 06:49:22 AMI wrote "flaccid", not "flatulent"! :rolleyes:

Same root, it's not actually, but ................ :angel:

As an interesting aside today 30th May is the 66th anniversary of the launching of the first full size experimental hovercraft, the SR-N1. (Courtesy of the I newspaper's daily Anniversaries piece).
Regrettably, no connection between the words in question

Origin of flaccid      First recorded in 1620–30; from Latin flaccidus "flabby, drooping," equivalent to flacc(ēre) "to grow weak, languish"
Origin of flatus        1660–70;  New Latin; Latin:  blowing,

but much more to the point, isn't the i newspaper's anniversaries section fascinating?


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Are losing theirs and blaming it on you....."
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