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Gauche

Postby Perry » Mon Sep 10, 2007 9:52 am

gauche
"awkward, tactless," 1751, from Fr. gauche "left" (replacing O.Fr. senestre in that sense), originally "awkward, awry," from M.Fr. gauchir "turn aside, swerve," from O.Fr. gaucher "trample, reel, walk clumsily," from Frank. *welkan "to full" (cf. O.H.G. wankon, O.N. vakka "to stagger, totter").
Give these poor southpaws a break. No reason to believe that they are any more tacless, or less dexterious than anyone else.
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Postby gailr » Mon Sep 10, 2007 10:52 am

With enough money, left is the new right. :wink:
Rive Gauche

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Using the Frenchipedia link semblé approprié, non?

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Postby Perry » Mon Sep 10, 2007 12:41 pm

Mais oui, bien sur!
"Time is nature's way of keeping everything from happening all at once. Lately it hasn't been working."
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