Expletives (was Re: [tied] All of creation in Six and Seven)

From: tgpedersen
Message: 27693
Date: 2003-11-27

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Andy Howey <andyandmae_howey@...>
wrote:
> Hi, Piotr:
>
> How would one render "(male) Bovine excrement" in PIE, or, at least
a phrase with similar meaning?
>

Does the B.S. word in English come from Mandarin 'bu shi' (sorry
about missing tones) "not is", ie. "no" (presumably generalised in
some English-Mandarin creole)?

Torsten