--- In [email protected], "Rory Goff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
wrote:
>
> --- 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 :-)
>

Or not. My interpretation of witnessing is rather different than many 
people's here.






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