From: Padraic Brown (pbrown@polaris.umuc.edu)
Date: Sun Jan 21 2001 - 11:49:37 EST
On Sat, 20 Jan 2001, Nik Taylor wrote:
>Christophe Grandsire wrote:
>> This one is nice! Any idea how "porta" came to be used for "mouth"?
>
>Well, the mouth is like a gate to the stomach.
Yes, well, so is the Other End. Only the path is longer and
somewhat mucky.
Padraic.
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