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> ------------------------------ > > Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1999 16:53:50 +0200 > From: Nuutti-Iivari Merilainen > Subject: Re: (idm) Bola: "Soup" > > Nuutti-Iivari Merilainen wrote: > > > > Actually, I do _not_ get it. I have always though of bola being a > > projectile weapon not having anything to do with food (other than it > > can probably used to catch some). What am I missing here? > > > > [After quite many replies about pronounciation] > > Fine, fine. I get it. Does not tickle my funnybone, but a nice > language trick anyway. No wonder I did not get it, since I tend to > pronounce english very carefully and with a british accent. But does > anyone know if the pun is intentional? > subject says it all. g