note concerning Asshole buddies:speculative etymology

[RonButters at AOL.COM]

A quick Google check for <culo AND amigo>, <culo AND hermano>, <cul AND frere>
, and <cul AND ami> turned up many interesting hits (e.g., " 'Les chiens qui 
ont la queue coupée n'ont pas peur de faire voir leur cul.' --Proverbe 
Savoyarde. Envoyer a un ami?"), but nothing remotely related to "asshole buddies." 
One might therefore conclude that the English expression is not semantically 
extremely natural.


In a message dated 2/8/04 2:59:53 PM, preston at MSU.EDU writes:


Well, that wasn't my point. Since "buddy" comes from Brit. dial.
"butty," and since its connection to "butt" has been claimed, I was
just speculating that the connection between "asshole" and "buddy"
might not be so far off (anatomically speaking, that is).

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