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Old 01-08-2007, 03:12 PM
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Mormon Cafe, you say! An interesting choice for a name, from dictionary.com:

ca•fé also ca•fe n. - A coffeehouse, restaurant, or bar.

[French, coffee, café, from Italian caffè, coffee, from Ottoman Turkish qahveh. See coffee.]

Café - Caf'e \Ca`f['e]"\, n. [F. See Coffee.] A coffeehouse; a restaurant; also, a room in a hotel or restaurant where coffee and liquors are served.

Café - n : a small restaurant where drinks and snacks are sold [syn: coffeehouse, coffee shop, coffee bar]
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Oh come on Maureen, look up the word gymnasium (used to describe an exercise facility in the USA or a high school in Europe). The original definition is "A place to exercise nude". If today's practices reflected at all the original meaning I think Bill Clinton would go from chubby to exercise guru in a very short time.
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