You didn't say the best thing about the word peccavi! It's rumored to be one of the wittiest, multi-lingual, one-word puns of all time.
When Charles James was serving in India as Commander-in-Chief of the British Army, he had to fight a war in the Province of Scinde (or Sind). An old rumor says that when he was successful and had captured the Province, he sent a telegram to the War Office in London that said "PECCAVI" which, of course, is the Latin for "I have sinned." Get it? Although some people have said that the story isn't true, I find it amusing nonetheless :-D
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When Charles James was serving in India as Commander-in-Chief
of the British Army, he had to fight a war in the Province of Scinde (or Sind). An old rumor says that when he was successful and had captured the Province, he sent a telegram to the War Office in London that said "PECCAVI" which, of course, is the Latin for "I have sinned." Get it? Although some people have said that the story isn't true, I find it amusing nonetheless :-D
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Just wanted to say that.
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