hoof and mouth

Mon Mar 26 17:02:10 UTC 2001

>Strange transliteration of the Russian pronunciation of the Greek
>"aphtha," which means an ulceration.

Just a hybrid of Italian "afta" and French "aphte".

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Alina Israeli
LFS, American University                phone:  (202) 885-2387
4400 Mass. Ave., NW                     fax:    (202) 885-1076
Washington, DC 20016

aisrael at american.edu

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