
August 18th 04, 07:34 PM
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From: Peter Twydell
Date: 8/18/2004 2:15 PM Central Daylight Time
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In article , Eunometic
writes
canard:
An unfounded or false, deliberately misleading story.
[French, duck, canard, probably from the phrase vendre un canard à
moitié, to half-sell a duck, to swindle, from Old French quanart,
duck, from caner, to cackle, of imitative origin.]
So a base canard is a duck with a deep voice?
--
Peter
Stop, you are quacking me up over here.
Dan, U.S, Air Force, retired
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