Re: Eijiro: quirky or wrong?

Kevin Gowen wrote:

> necoandjeff wrote:
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>>>>Kevin Gowen wrote:
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>>>>>jim_breen@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
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>>>>>>Kevin Gowen <kgowenNOSPAM@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> dixit:
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>>>>>>>I just checked EDICT. てこき is missing. It means "hand job".
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>>>>>>Hmm. Yes. Usually 手コキ according to Google.
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>>>>>>Etymology anyone? Is the コキ from 呼気?
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>>>>>As others have said, from 扱く. You may also be familiar with the
>>>>>related expression 一発を抜く。
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>>>>>--
>>>>>FAB = -FBA
>>>>>It's not just a good idea; it's the law.
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>>>>Okay, I'll bite, what the hell does your sig mean?
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>>>It's Newton's Third Law of Motion. If a body A exerts a force FAB on a
>>>body B, then B exerts a force FBA on A
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>>I'll bet it is equal and opposite too.
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> You would be correct, sir, as is conveyed by the formula. For example,
> when a book weighing one pound is at rest on a table, the table is
> pushing up on the book with one pound of force.
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> - Kevin
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gravity isn't a force

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