From: Gregory Ballora <gregballora-AT-sbcglobal.net> Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2010 14:23:30 -0800 To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] David Michael Friend So, what does this have ot do with David Michael Friend? I thought his site was beautiful btw. Greg On Mar 4, 2010, at 2:10 PM, Hobey Ford wrote: > Its unncanny what one can pick up on puptcrit. I'm... well... Flabbergasted! > > On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 4:38 PM, Bil Bug <thatpuppetguy-AT-q.com> wrote: >> The name Flabbergasted has a rich history dating back to the age of the >> Teutonic Knights (pronounced by the Gaulic Flaubergastonet precursors to our >> modern "Flabbergasted", "twoo-Tohnic", referring either to this Orders >> penchant for wearing complementary heraldic colors or their late afternoon >> "pick me ups" preceding the dinner hour). >> >> Originally, Flaubergastonet from the the escargot and Beaujolais region of >> Cooqin France, one might also find related family patronomics in >> Flaubert-Gaston-et- (a Canadian variant found in the early nineteenth >> century in Newfoundland where they became lost whilst traveling from Iceland >> to Panama City by way of the northern route). >> >> Flabbergasted, I believe, refers to a story regarding the family name source >> of the progenitor whose distinct lack of battle prowess was thought to be >> caused either by a condition of overweight or lack of stamina (hence >> "short-windedness"). >> >> Wayne "who, being distracted from other more pressing matters, finds time to >> flaunt his knowledge of the esoteric" >> >> -------------------------------------------------- >> From: <BNathanson-AT-aol.com> >> Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2010 11:49 AM >> To: <puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org> >> Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] David Michael Friend >> >>> Hi Wayne, >>> I am stealing that name for a new character, Frank Lee Flabbergasted. >>> Bob N >>> _______________________________________________ >>> List address: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org >>> Admin interface: http://lists.puptcrit.org/mailman/listinfo/puptcrit >>> Archives: http://www.driftline.org >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> List address: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org >> Admin interface: http://lists.puptcrit.org/mailman/listinfo/puptcrit >> Archives: http://www.driftline.org >> > _______________________________________________ > List address: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org > Admin interface: http://lists.puptcrit.org/mailman/listinfo/puptcrit > Archives: http://www.driftline.org _______________________________________________ List address: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org Admin interface: http://lists.puptcrit.org/mailman/listinfo/puptcrit Archives: http://www.driftline.org
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