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[Facts] Say wha? wha? wha?
Wha! wha! wha! does Sa- Sa- Satine mean! scratch! scratch! (background rappin' by MC! Daffyd)....either Satin or Satan...take your pick. (n/t)
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P.S....actually "Satin" -- according to the Oxford English Dictionary -- *is* an obsolete form of Satan.
As far as the "silk" connection is concerned, the Latin "satinus" is believed to have been brought west from China my middle-eastern traders: "szutuan" means silk in Mandarin.
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