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Subject: Re: Re: origin of "crap"
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Date: Mon, 2-Dec-85 17:17:00 EST
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Posted: Mon Dec  2 17:17:00 1985
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>Someone once wrote a book called "Flushed With Pride", which claimed that the
>inventor of the flush toilet was a man named "Thomas Crapper", and that the
>word "crap" was derived from his name.  Although the book was a hoax, it was
>believed by many, and some reference books still trace the origin of the
>word to the fictitious Mr. Crapper.  Actually, in Middle English there was
>a word "crappe" meaning "residual waste", and it's likely that the word "crap"
>was derived from this.

    Well, I think it's true, and I can show you the brass rubbing from 
Crapper's manhole cover in Westminter Abbey if you want.  Well, I can't, but
my mother can.
					-- Don Porges
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