From: | IronRaven cyberraven@********.net |
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Subject: | Ghillie suits |
Date: | Tue, 07 Sep 1999 16:12:30 -0400 |
>..And to be honest, your posts are the only place I've seen the word Ghille.
>The actual word you are hunting for (sic) is 'Ghillie', and is taken from
gaelic...
OK, I've been leaving out the the "i".
This is the equivelent of being told my fly is open. Thanks, but why
couldn't someone have told be earlier.
(I know it's gaelic- the name comes from the Welsh gamekeepers who taught
the British sharpshooters in WWI, IIRC)
Kevin Dole, aka CyberRaven, aka IronRaven, aka Steel Tengu
http://members.xoom.com/iron_raven/
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