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
From: Kim Longenbaugh
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>Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 3:11:17 PM
>Subject: RE: Word Definition & Origination
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>Isn't that the guy that tilted at windmills? Don Chiotes". Oh, wait, you
>wanted the lower case meaning.
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gt; MCSE and stuff
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> *From:* Kim Longenbaugh
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Sent:* Thursday, August 27, 2009 3:11:17 PM
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> Isn't that the guy that tilted at windmills? Don Chiot
http://www.greektravel.com/greekislands/chios/history.htm
This might help a little
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From: Kim Longenbaugh [mailto:k...@colonialsavings.com]
Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 2:11 PM
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Subject: RE: Word Definition & Origination
Isn't tha
That was Don Quixote ;-)
Brian
MCSE and stuff
From: Kim Longenbaugh
To: NT System Admin Issues
Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 3:11:17 PM
Subject: RE: Word Definition & Origination
Isn't that the guy that tilted at windmills? Don Chiotes".
Isn't that the guy that tilted at windmills? Don Chiotes". Oh, wait,
you wanted the lower case meaning.
From: Roger Wright [mailto:rhw...@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 10:58 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: OT: Word Definition &am
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
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From: Roger Wright [mailto:rhw...@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 2:14 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
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so "out of the blue."
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> Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2009 13:58:23 -0400
> Subject: OT: Word Definition & Origination
> From: rhw...@gmail.com
> To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com
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>
> I've been asked to find out wha
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.su
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> *From:* rhw...@gmail.com [mailto:rhw...@gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Thursday, August 27, 2009 1:58 PM
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* OT: Word Definition & Origination
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> I've been asked to find out what the word "chiotes" means and where it
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[mailto:rhw...@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 1:58 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: OT: Word Definition & Origination
I've been asked to find out what the word "chiotes" means and where it
originated. The best I can find is that it may be French and is somehow
I've been asked to find out what the word "chiotes" means and where it
originated. The best I can find is that it may be French and is somehow
related to toilets.
Anyone have more specific details for me?
Roger Wright
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