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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: ... is ready when you are. #117632 12/22/03 05:52 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta B Bingley Carpal Tunnel Bingley Carpal Tunnel B Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta I think we've discussed this before. The name of the letter came first (ultimately from a semitic daleth meaning door). It was written in Greek with the familiar triangular shape. Somebody (I don't know who) looked at the mouth of the Nile and said "It's delta-shaped" and the name stuck, and then spread to other rivers. Bingley Bingley Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted meander wwh 12/13/03 06:51 PM Re: meander Bingley 12/16/03 05:11 AM Delta force musick 12/20/03 05:41 PM Re: Delta force Bingley 12/20/03 11:32 PM Re: Delta force Faldage 12/21/03 01:58 PM ... is ready when you are. musick 12/21/03 05:19 PM Re: ... is ready when you are. Bingley 12/22/03 05:52 AM Re: ... is ready when you are. wwh 12/22/03 01:16 PM Re: ... is ready when you are. Faldage 12/22/03 01:38 PM Re: ... is ready when you are. Bingley 12/23/03 06:13 AM Re: ... is ready when you are. Faldage 12/23/03 11:16 AM Re: ... is ready when you are. maahey 12/23/03 11:40 AM Re: ... is ready when you are. wwh 12/23/03 12:41 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,415 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 744 guests, and 7 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 38 A C Bowden 26 LukeJavan8 4 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,586 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,922 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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