At the risk of creating even more noise I'll attempt to close this thread.
I sought the counsel of someone I know who speaks fluent French and received
this response:
Chiot (w/o extra t) basically means "puppy" or young dog.
Chiottes can mean "john" as in going to the "john" or even like a "slop
It's not in my 2nd Ed. OED, but a quick Google shows that one meaning
goes back to at least 19th Century Turkey, where a family/tribe of
Greeks named Chiote living in the region were merchants, and were
displaced during political upheaval.
I suspect that's not what your correspondent was after, th
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=chiote
From: Roger Wright [mailto:rhw...@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 1:28 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: OT: Word Definition & Origination
Thanks... I'm honored!
I've goo
Thanks... I'm honored!
I've googled this like crazy and found this:
http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&hs=qtf&q=chiotes&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi
so it does appear to be French and related to toilets but I can't get a
definitive translation.
No, but I will nominate this as the most OT post I've seen on this list. Not
that I'm complaining. It's just so, so "out of the blue."
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2009 13:58:23 -0400
Subject: OT: Word Definition & Origination
From: rhw...@gmail.com
To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com
I've been a
