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> Subject: Fwd: Silly part names:Squab
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> > Date: Tuesday, 03-Oct-95 09:57 PM
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> > From: Syd Saperstein \ PRODIGY: (XGPH72A)
> > To: mgs@auto.team.net \ Internet: (mgs@auto.team.net)
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> > Subject: Silly part names:Squab
> >
> > According to Merriam Webster, the word squab is of scandinavian
> origin
> > (sqvabb) which refers to anything thick and soft. Webster's
> definition #
> > 3a is listed as a couch (it is also listed in Roget's as a synonym
> for
> > couch) def. 3b actually says "a cushion for a chair or couch." Now
> since
> > the word squab has been around for a long tjime (scand. for time I
> guess)
> > before the automobile, and since it has the above definitions, it
is
> clear
> > that the word could have been used in a number of ways to describe
> the
> > various thick, soft parts of seating in or out of cars, which would
> allow
> > for both Chip and TATerry's definitions. If we are gouing to quote
> shop
> > manuals as holy writ on the use of the English language, God help
us.
> So
> > sit on or back on your respective squabs and relax. Now, for other
> > misconceptions... Was the Holy Roman Empire Holy, Roman or an
Empire?
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