[Linganth] Mensa

[Christie Lopez]

Yes, I think you are correct.  I'm always interested to learn the circumstances under which language evolves.  No leads on this so far!

----- Original Message -----
From: ana maria martirena
To: christielopez at earthlink.net
Sent: 8/24/2004 9:03:04 PM
Subject: Re: [Linganth] Mensa


I have always wondered how that came to happen in some varieties of spanish(mexican?)

please let me know what you find out

regards. ana

Ana María Martirena
Federico Lacroze 2978
C1426CQP Buenos Aires
011-4551-4859
----- Original Message -----
From: Christie Lopez
To: linganth
Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2004 12:04 AM
Subject: [Linganth] Mensa


Does anyone know how the word "mensa", derived from the Latin word table, I believe, came to have the meaning of "stupid" in Spanish?

It seems rather removed from "table" and it just gives me such a chuckle whenever anyone is discussing the Mensa organization, which "provides a forum for intellectual exchange among members"... [Mensa Constitution]
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