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   =?iso-8859-1?Q?=D6jevind_L=E5ng?= to All   
   Re: OT: Odd Names (Was: Re: Sauron and L   
   10 Aug 10 00:44:30   
   
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   From: ojevind.lang@bredband.net   
      
   "derek"  skrev i meddelandet   
   news:f8612163-0fb8-4576-a7c2-7049902bc6c1@f6g2000yqa.googlegroups.com...   
   > On Aug 9, 2:16 pm, Öjevind Lång  wrote:   
   >   
   >> In Scanian, "balle" means "buttock". In other Swedish dialects, it means   
   >> "testicle" or "penis".   
   >   
   > What?  Can't they tell the difference between a testicle and a penis?   
      
   Let's hope they can. In some dialects the word means testicle, in some it   
   means penis.   
      
   Öjevind   
      
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