Re: RARA-AVIS: Name

M Best (markandstephaniebest@juno.com)
Mon, 16 Aug 1999 06:40:20 -0400

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On Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:06:29 -0400 Anna Funk <annafunk@tds.net> writes:
> Will I show all my stupidity if I ask where the name of this list
> came
> from?

Dear Anna,

In The Maltese Falcon, Casper Gutman refers to the title statue as a rara-avis...Latin for rare bird.

Mark

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