LL-L "Idiomatica" 2009.03.10 (06) [E]

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From: Roger Hondshoven <rhondshoven at yahoo.com>
Subject: LL-L "Language diversity" 2009.02.20 (03) [A/E]

Hi Ron,



You wrote: Congratulations, Ruth and Mark! Keep those little footsies
running!



I didn't get the meaning of *footsie..* A Dutch homophone is *foetsie*,
meaning "verdwenen, weg". Certainly not applicable to your sentence.
 Wikipedia came up with the following explanations:


*Footsies*, *playing footsies* or *footsie* is a form of
flirtation<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flirt>in which people use
their
feet <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foot> to play with each other's feet.
This generally takes place under a
table<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Table_%28furniture%29>while rubbing
feet <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foot>, particularly the
soles<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sole_%28foot%29>of the feet,
against their partners' feet. Occasionally, one will continue
up his or her partner's legs, and sometimes in their partner's groin (see
footjob <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Footjob>). Participants often remove
their shoes <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoe> and play
barefoot<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barefoot>,
however it can also be played in socks, or wearing shoes. Footsies above the
knee are also known as thighsies. Footsies generally is used to
flirt<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flirting>with sexual partners,
particularly ones with a foot
fetish <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foot_fetish>, though it can also be
done without an erotic <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eroticism> intent.



Did you have this in mind?



Kind regards,



Roger Hondshoven
Diest (East-Brabant) Belgium



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From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com>
Subject: Idimatica

Hi again, Roger! It's nice to hear from you again. I see you're working your
way through some pretty old mail. ;-)

My reference to "footsies" was a semi-inside "joke" to much earlier
correspondence with Ruth and Mark.

I used "footsie" in the sense of "little foot" (like Dutch *voetje*), and
Ruth and Mark retorted (supposedly jokingly) by alluding to the erotic twist
(which you cite above). It's just silliness.

Regards,
Reinhard/Ron
Seattle, USA

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