At the risk of creating even more noise I'll attempt to close this thread. I sought the counsel of someone I know who speaks fluent French and received this response:
Chiot (w/o extra t) basically means "puppy" or young dog. Chiottes can mean "john" as in going to the "john" or even like a "slop can"but can also mean a "jaloppy" or car. Can also be a vulgar expression for the "rear". Probably depends on the context and region. Roger Wright ___ "Its been a rough day. I got up this morning... put on a shirt and a button fell off. I picked up my briefcase and the handle came off. I'm afraid to go to the bathroom." - Rodney Dangerfield On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 5:21 PM, Kurt Buff <[email protected]> wrote: > It's not in my 2nd Ed. OED, but a quick Google shows that one meaning > goes back to at least 19th Century Turkey, where a family/tribe of > Greeks named Chiote living in the region were merchants, and were > displaced during political upheaval. > > I suspect that's not what your correspondent was after, though. > > On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 10:58, Roger Wright<[email protected]> wrote: > > I've been asked to find out what the word "chiotes" means and where it > > originated. The best I can find is that it may be French and is somehow > > related to toilets. > > > > Anyone have more specific details for me? > > > > > > Roger Wright > > ___ > > > > Polarvoid: The state of having no baby pictures, a condition that usually > > befalls the second-born child. > > > > > > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
