>>Re "Meaning of Tingo": I just discovered from that book that the french word "chauffeur" comes from the time of steam engines, being the guy who shovelled in the coal ("Chauffer" is fr. for "to heat")
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>Ah, the "ložač" - another word missing in English. Comes from verb "ložiti" - to add fuel to the fire. That's the driver's assistant on a locomotive. Or is there an English word for that?
Yes. They're called "the Fireman"
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>And, btw, happy new birthday :).
Thank you. My b'day is actually New Year's Eve - a bummer of a day, believe me.
- Whoever said that women are the weaker sex never tried to wrest the bedclothes off one in the middle of the night
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