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November 04, 2011, 21:19
BobHale
Stone Soup
Even beyond the joke itself, what I find interesting about yesterday's (3rd November) "Stone Soup" comic strip is that in the last panel an Englishman would almost certainly have found it funnier to write "titicaca" than "titcaca".


"No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money." Samuel Johnson.
November 05, 2011, 05:12
zmježd
But, they're not men; they're boys. Still in the anal phase. Oh, wait, you meant an English cartoonist?


—Ceci n'est pas un seing.
November 05, 2011, 06:31
Geoff
Is that because "caca" is more widely used as slang for excrement in the USA?


It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society. -J. Krishnamurti
November 05, 2011, 06:42
BobHale
z - no I meant all ENglishmen
Geoff - that's right.


"No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money." Samuel Johnson.
November 05, 2011, 09:10
zmježd
Is that because "caca" is more widely used as slang for excrement in the USA?

It's a word that goes back to Proto-Indo-European. It even shows up in the Dutch loanword poppycock.

I meant all ENglishmen

Irony is tits!


—Ceci n'est pas un seing.
November 05, 2011, 11:08
Geoff
Then there are other acronymic meanings: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caca Since the goddess Caca was the one who revealed the location of the missing cattle to Hercules during his twelve labors, I assume that "caca" meaning excrement was in honor of her. Roll Eyes


It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society. -J. Krishnamurti
November 05, 2011, 19:19
BobHale
quote:


Irony is tits!


Sure is. Roll Eyes


"No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money." Samuel Johnson.
November 05, 2011, 19:20
BobHale
quote:
Originally posted by Geoff:
Since the goddess Caca was the one who revealed the location of the missing cattle to Hercules during his twelve labors, I assume that "caca" meaning excrement was in honor of her. Roll Eyes


Smile


"No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money." Samuel Johnson.
November 10, 2011, 19:54
Kalleh
quote:
Is that because "caca" is more widely used as slang for excrement in the USA?
I've not heard it.
November 10, 2011, 21:44
BobHale
quote:
Originally posted by Kalleh:
quote:
Is that because "caca" is more widely used as slang for excrement in the USA?
I've not heard it.


Ever see the TV series Quantum Leap?
The word is used in the opening voice over in every episode for five seasons.


"No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money." Samuel Johnson.
November 15, 2011, 21:16
Kalleh
No, I haven't seen that show.

I did look caca, though, and see what you mean. Another new word!
November 16, 2011, 07:03
<Proofreader>
Fkrom Wikipedia:

Caca or CACA may refer to:

Caca (mythology), a goddess in Roman mythology
Chinese American Citizens Alliance
Lucas de Deus Santos or Cacá (born 1982), Brazilian football player
Carlos Eduardo Ferrari or Cacá (born 1979), Brazilian football player
(Z)-4-Amino-2-butenoic acid or CACA, a selective GABAC agonist
[edit] See alsoCaca Bonita, a 1995 album by Papa Roach
Cacāre, Latin for "to defecate" and the root of the slang term "caca"

"Caca" for excrement is a fairly common slang term around here, especially used by mothers when disciplining children.