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in reply to a message by Delilah
Umm, in my 365-day tearoff calendar of "Forgotten English Words" (like "etiquette", presumably), I saw a little sidebar today that said that Saint Thais was a patron of loose women. Nothing negative mentioned about her own virtue, tho, so I trust it won't spoil the name for you.
(Actually, before his marriage, Mr. Lovs was allegedly a patron of loose women as well. Alas, they no longer take drachmas.)
(Actually, before his marriage, Mr. Lovs was allegedly a patron of loose women as well. Alas, they no longer take drachmas.)
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Thais' transition to sainthood is indeed embedded in anagrames!!! The sinner Thais ("a shit") lived a life of sexual deviance in Egypt. She was saved from the gutter, converted, and incarcerated in a nunnery cell by Paphnutius ("Punish Puta"). Eventually Thais turned her back to everything evil, and became Saint Thais (" I shit Satan!"). Saint Thais is represented burning her treasures and ornaments, or praying in a cell and displaying a scroll with the words: "Thou who didst create me have mercy on me" ("Achievement: Mastered touchy whoredom").
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