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New "Release" from Eduard
- Thread starter RichB
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Per Wikipedia, Condom is a town on the Via Podiensis, one of the three major French arms of the pilgrimage route, the Way of St. James.
There is no relationship between the English word "condom" and this town. The toponym Condom comes from the Gaulish words condate and magos combined into Condatomagos , which means "market or field, of the confluence". Condatómagos evolved into Condatóm and then into Conddóm. Condom was first recorded in Latin in the 10th century as Condomus or Condomium. It is where the river Gèle flows into the river Baïse.
Although the French word for a condom is préservatif , in 1995 the town's mayor, taking advantage of the incidental relationship between the town's name and the English word, opened a museum of contraceptives, which closed in 2005.
BTW, I lifted this from Hyperscale.
There is no relationship between the English word "condom" and this town. The toponym Condom comes from the Gaulish words condate and magos combined into Condatomagos , which means "market or field, of the confluence". Condatómagos evolved into Condatóm and then into Conddóm. Condom was first recorded in Latin in the 10th century as Condomus or Condomium. It is where the river Gèle flows into the river Baïse.
Although the French word for a condom is préservatif , in 1995 the town's mayor, taking advantage of the incidental relationship between the town's name and the English word, opened a museum of contraceptives, which closed in 2005.
BTW, I lifted this from Hyperscale.
Heavens Eagle
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Thanks for the history lesson Chuck! 
Haha!
It must have been quite the change for a fighter pilot to go from a bi-plane to something like the 109!
