[3459] in Humor
Re: California
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Charles E Leiserson Jr)
Mon May 7 12:19:47 2001
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To: Matthew Schiller <matt2002@MIT.EDU>
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In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 07 May 2001 11:46:57 EDT."
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Date: Mon, 07 May 2001 12:19:41 -0400
From: Charles E Leiserson Jr <locutus@MIT.EDU>
CALIFORNIA: From Latin `calor', meaning "heat" (as in English `calorie' or
Spanish `caliente'); and `fornia', for "sexual intercourse" or "fornication."
Hence: Tierra de California, "the land of hot sex."
Be seeing you,
- Ricky
