Re: For anyone who speaks Hebrew... (warning-contains swear words)
in reply to a message by Andy ;—)
Ship high in transit, for unlawful carnal knowledge and an-uncommon-word-in-general-parlance under the knowledge of the king are probably the most common utterly improbable and false folk etymologies I see popping up in the most unexpected places. scitan is old english, used long before manure was transported by ships across oceans. The indo european root is probably skei- (to split): no wonder us scientists b******t so much.