Fwd: cialis

[Douglas G. Wilson]

>To ads-l; here's an item from the American Name Society. Viagra was
>discussed on ads-l a few years ago. As I remember, someone said that
>Sanskrit "viagra" means "tiger."
>
>    But what about "cialis"?

The company apparently claims it's from French "ciel" = "sky" (as in "the
sky's the limit"), plus "s" for "system" or something like that. (Cialis is
also a surname, and a lawsuit was filed by somebody with the name,
according to Web info.)

"Viagra" is indeed close enough to the Sanskrit word for "tiger" AFAIK.

And by some coincidence "sialis" is the species name of the eastern
bluebird (it says here) ... the bluebird of happiness, I guess.

-- Doug Wilson