Hi Audrey and Bob,

  I wanted more ice cream when you left, resisted; wanted more ice cream in the middle of the night when I woke up, resisted; wanted some for breakfast, resisted!  Aren’t I good!

Here are the photos of Max coming out of his pillow case sleeping bag.

Ru

Subject: More Max

hi all,

well here are two max-photos that show his latest “trick.”

where’s max?

reappearing now…

he moved too fast so the picture isn’t very good, but you get the idea.

we covered the pillow with two cases so he could not get to the actual pillow-cover and chew through it.  he figured how to get into the top cover and he just crawls in and sleep there.

And to change the subject and answer a question….  They might not come from the same place because their meanings don’t really overlap.  You figure it out; I just have to provide the info and ask ,” does this answer your question?”

Ru

From Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (2003)

  slaughter Slaughter  I. noun

   Etymology: Middle English, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse

   slātra to slaughter; akin to Old English sleaht slaughter,

   slēan to slay — more at slay Date: 14th century 1.

   the act of killing; specifically  the butchering of livestock for

   market 2.  killing of great numbers of human beings (as in battle

   or a massacre) ; carnage

  II. transitive verb Date: 1535 1.  to kill

   (animals) for food ; butcher 2.

    a.  to kill in a bloody or violent manner ; slay b.

    to kill in large numbers ; massacre

   3.  to discredit, defeat, or demolish completely • slaughterer

   noun

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slay  

O.E. slean "to smite," also "to kill with a weapon" (class VI strong verb; past tense sloh, slog, pp. slagen), from P.Gmc. *slakhanan,

 from base *slog- "to hit" (cf. O.N., O.Fris. sla, Dan. slaa, M.Du. slaen, Du. slaan, O.H.G. slahan, Ger. schlagen, 

Goth. slahan "to strike"), from PIE base from base *slak- "to strike" (cf. M.Ir. pp. slactha "struck," slacc "sword"). 

Modern Ger. cognate schlagen maintains the original sense of "to strike."

 Meaning "overwhelm with delight" (1340) preserves some of the wider rangeof meanings that the word once had, including also "to strike a spark" (O.E.).

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper