Toilet & Text

Evan M. Corcoran cme at arbornet.org
Mon Nov 15 09:56:53 CST 1999


Maybe this is old news, but to me it's the etymological Phun Phact of the
year:  the words "toilet" and "text" both come from the same root, Latin
texere "to weave".  "Toilet" went through French first, fittingly
enough.  Guess I'll go back and read all that shit caked on the inside of
the pipes.

 -EMC



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