Somewhat OT: Revolutionaries, Scotland and Texas

[David Bovill]

On 12 January 2011 15:24, Peter Brigham MD <pmbrig at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Jan 11, 2011, at 6:50 AM, David Bovill wrote:
>
>   ... "penal policy", has nothing whatsoever to do with the "male member".
>> The Latin routes are quite distinct with penal deriving from from the
>> "poenalis" - that is pertaining to punishment, and not "penis" (the male
>> member or "tail")
>>
>
> "poenalis" -- those are on the little wiggly things on your feet, right?
> Different body part entirely.   :-)
>

Don't be silly - what would they be doing there?