--- In [email protected], akasha_108 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> --- In [email protected], Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
wrote:
> >
> > He,he,he, Hey Tom, someone's gonna be surprised,
> > aren't they? 
> 
> 
> Don't be foolish. Nobody is going to be surprised.

Online Etymology Dictionary: surprise (n.)  
c.1457, "unexpected attack or capture," from M.Fr. surprise "a taking 
unawares," from noun use of pp. of O.Fr. surprendre "to overtake," 
from sur- "over" + prendre "to take," from L. prendere, contracted 
from prehendere "to grasp, seize" (see prehensile). Meaning "something 
unexpected" first recorded 1592, that of "feeling caused by something 
unexpected" is 1608. Meaning "fancy dish" is attested from 1708. 

>From these definitions it looks pretty clear that "somebody" is indeed 
going to be taken unawares, overtaken, grasped, and seized -- by 
Nobody :-)





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