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   Denis Mosko to All   
   Re: the small of the back   
   06 Feb 14 14:36:46   
   
   Пpиветствую, alexander!   
      
   Как-то pаз 3 фев 2014 09:31:30 alexander koryagin писал к Denis Mosko:   
      
    ak> From: alexander koryagin    
      
    ak> Hi, Denis Mosko!   
    ak> I read your message from 31.01.2014 14:31   
      
     ak>>>>> What is "the small of the back"?    
     PQ>>>> It's an imprecise area at the base of the spine, in    
     PQ>>>> line with the top of the hips.    
     DM>>    
     ak>>> It is probably anachronism, appeared in the time when a    
     ak>>> human waist was the thinnest area of a torso. Nowadays, the    
     ak>>> author should write "the big    
     ak>>> of the back". ;=)    
     DM>>    
     DM>> The big of the back (?)    
      
    ak> Modern people are overweighted, and they have the form of a weaver's    
    ak> spindle. ;) So their waists are the big of their backs. It was a joke.   
      
   Joke?   
      
   Is it English humor?   
      
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