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<DIV>> Just wondering: What is it about a female dog that has made the </DIV>
<DIV>> word "bitch" so offensive? I sense a great injustice here. </DIV>
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<DIV>According to an otherwise long-forgotten book I once read, in a number of cultures including many in Continental Europe, dogs are despised because they eat corpses on a battlefield. However in the Anglo-Saxon culture the dog is looked on favorably, e.g. "Man's best friend". Hence English speakers were unable to use "dog" as a curse-word and therefore settled on "bitch".</DIV>
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<DIV>I will leave it to the judgment of the ADS List whether the above is plausible.</DIV>
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<DIV>OT: I was under the impression that "Pepsi-Cola" got its name because it was originally marketed as a stomach remedy. I made this comment some time ago on the list and nobody bothered to offer a refutation. By this derivation "Pepsi-Cola" is an interesting blend of Greek "pepsis:" <– "pessein" and Malinke "kolo"</DIV>
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