"Jerry Avins" > wrote in message
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> Val wrote:
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>> Jerry! did that pun really go over your head???
>
> Of course not. The word came to Louisiana through the French "poutain" and
> was there corrupted to "poon tang" which, in keeping with the region's
> racist past, took on a more specific connotation. Still, no olives in hoe
> cake. :-)
>
Ahhhhhhh, so it did go over your head.

Val