From esr at thyrsus.com Mon Sep 29 06:04:32 2003
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From: Eric S. Raymond <esr at thyrsus.com>
To: devel at lists.fedoraproject.org
Subject: Re: "Fedora" in cultural connotations (Re: redhat logo on gnome menu
 / menu bar.)
Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2003 06:08:14 -0400
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Pedro Morais <pmmm(a)rnl.ist.utl.pt>:
> In Portugal the word fedora isn't used directly, but we've got "fedorenta=
",
> which means something that stinks :-)

The rare word 'fetor' in English describes a bad smell, especially an animal
or rotting smell.  Clearly a cognate.
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