BULLOCKS - euph/typo/LA pron.? (fwd)

[Wilson Gray]

On May 3, 2005, at 1:58 PM, FRITZ JUENGLING wrote:

> ---------------------- Information from the mail header
> -----------------------
> Sender:       American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
> Poster:       FRITZ JUENGLING <juengling_fritz at SALKEIZ.K12.OR.US>
> Subject:      Re: BULLOCKS - euph/typo/LA pron.? (fwd)
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> --------
>
> Well, the pope does sh** in the woods.
>

But isn't the above true only in those cases wherein the bear is a
Catholic?

-Wilson Gray

>>>> pmcgraw at LINFIELD.EDU 05/03/05 10:36AM >>>
> OOPS!
>
> A second after I sent the message below, I realized why "papkak" seems
> more
> likely than *"papekak."  It's because *papekak would be derived not
> from
> "pap" but from "paap," an old word 'priest' or 'papist'.  So I don't
> think
> so!
>
> Peter
>
> ---------- Forwarded Message ----------
> Date: Tuesday, May 3, 2005 10:28 AM -0700
> From: "Peter A. McGraw" <pmcgraw at linfield.edu>
> To: American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
> Subject: Re: BULLOCKS - euph/typo/LA pron.?
>
> --On Tuesday, May 3, 2005 1:03 PM -0400 Laurence Horn
> <laurence.horn at YALE.EDU> wrote:
>
>> Plus, isn't "papekak" soft dung/excrement rather than the dried-up
>> variety?  Any Dutch speakers on the list?
>
> Yes, but I haven't run across that word and it isn't in my Wolters
> Dutch-English dictionary.  It's possible, since "pap" means 'porridge'
> or
> 'pap' and "kak" means 'shit', though "papkak" seems more likely.  If I
> can
> remember, I'll look in my big Wolters at home.
>
> Peter Mc.
>
> *****************************************************************
> Peter A. McGraw       Linfield College        McMinnville, Oregon
> ******************* pmcgraw at linfield.edu ************************
>
> ---------- End Forwarded Message ----------
>
>
>
> *****************************************************************
> Peter A. McGraw       Linfield College        McMinnville, Oregon
> ******************* pmcgraw at linfield.edu ************************
>