Hi!

[Doug_Harris]

And all else aside, one thing no one can accuse the Obama Barack of being
is a _lounger_ (as in barca lounger).
dh

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. . . "Barak" (as in Ehud) and "Barca" derive from B-R-Q 'lightning'. For
more on this, see my two Language Log posts:

http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/004187.html
http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/004196.html


--Ben Zimmer

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