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Re: [romanceconlang] About semantic shifts in Romance langs

On Sat, 20 Jan 2001, Nik Taylor wrote:

>Christophe Grandsire wrote:
>> This one is nice! Any idea how "porta" came to be used for "mouth"?
>
>Well, the mouth is like a gate to the stomach.

Yes, well, so is the Other End. Only the path is longer and
somewhat mucky.

Padraic.