Date: Mon, 8 May 1995 10:17:18 -0400

From: Wayne Glowka wglowka[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]MAIL.GAC.PEACHNET.EDU

Subject: Re: Anodyne expletives



. . . and asel. He believed the

latter to be German for ass-hole, although I don't think Germans ever refer

specifically to that orifice.



Stephanie Hysmith



Some Germans lived up the street from me when I was in high school. They

hollered something like "Asch-loch" for "ass-hole." I don't know enough

real German to say what this word is supposed to be.





Wayne Glowka

Professor of English

Director of Research and Graduate Student Services

Georgia College

Milledgeville, GA 31061

912-453-4222

wglowka[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]mail.gac.peachnet.edu