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But that might hurt somebody

In the 26 February edition of AO, one writes "[W]e sometimes wonder if there will be church duels — aspersorium at 20 paces..."

Wouldn't it be more deadly if they were to duel with aspergilla rather than aspersoria?

R Whitney Mitchell
Grace Episcopal
Elmira, NY USA
rmitchel@stny.rr.com
4 March 2012

(Editor: Our dictionary lists 'aspergillum' as the second meaning of 'aspersorium'. But maybe that's all wet. The priest who baptized one of us always referred to it as 'casting asparagus'.)

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