Re: IE cockroach

From: Francesco Brighenti
Message: 48228
Date: 2007-04-04

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Richard Wordingham" <richard@...>
wrote:

> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "tgpedersen" <tgpedersen@> wrote:
>
> > Basically, *kr- means things that go 'kr' when you step on them.
> > Maybe.
>
> Cockroaches are too tough to go 'kr'.


Perhaps /squash/ would be a more appropriate linguistic rendering of
the sound produced when one steps on a cockroach? :^)

Francesco