Hi, [..] > > And, not to put words in her mouth, but my recollection is > that Wendy did not tell us that she thought "sucks" was > vulgar in a sexual way, but rather simply poor English. I > also seem to recall that her issue with the word was that it > was used ~all the time~ on this list, when other words would > have sufficed and perhaps even been more appropriate.
And she's right. That sort of thing really sucks. For what it worth, I've never thought that this use of 'sucks' had anything to do with the depth of anybody's throat. I've always assumed that it's a back-formation from 'sucker'. So, if Frank's a sucker, he sucks. And from that, anything you may not like, sucks. I've also always thought that 'sucker', as someone na�ve and easily fooled, probably refers to a babe, or suckling. These little theories of mine are just speculation though. I've never bothered to check. Bob
