The clue was: TWINS FOLLOWER

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#132879 - 09/10/04 07:12 PM The clue was: TWINS FOLLOWER
belMarduk Carpal Tunnel Registered: 09/28/00 Posts: 2888	>>The answer was: CRAB What on earth does that mean? I really don't get this answer at all. Hubby has no idea either. Help.
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#132880 - 09/10/04 07:16 PM Re: The clue was: TWINS FOLLOWER
sjmaxq Carpal Tunnel Registered: 07/20/03 Posts: 3230 Loc: Te Ika a Maui	Cancer comes after Gemini in the signs of the Zodiac. _________________________ noho ora mai http://maxqnzs.com/References.html
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#132881 - 09/11/04 07:20 AM Re: The clue was: TWINS FOLLOWER
Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Registered: 09/30/01 Posts: 6296 Loc: Piedmont Region of Virginia, U...	That's an explanation worth ingeminating, Max. By the way, is there a connection between Gemini and ingeminating (ingeminate: to repeat; L. ingeminatus, p. p. )? I haven't studied Latin, but the appearance between the Gemini and ingeminate seems to be suspiciously close, Latin readers.
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#132882 - 09/11/04 08:46 AM Re: The clue was: TWINS FOLLOWER
jheem veteran Registered: 01/06/04 Posts: 1474 Loc: California	is there a connection between Gemini and ingeminating? Yes, geminus 'born at the same time, twin-born', gemino 'to double', and ingemino 'to redouble' are all related. The verbs are denominal, and the noun is no doubt related to gigno 'to beget, bear, bring forth', nascor 'to be born, begotten', genus 'knee; birth, descent, origin, stock, child', etc.
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#132883 - 09/11/04 09:31 AM Re: The clue was: TWINS FOLLOWER
Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Registered: 09/30/01 Posts: 6296 Loc: Piedmont Region of Virginia, U...	All you wrote made sense except knee. How does the knee fit into all this reproduction? (And thanks, jheem, for confirming my suspicions.)
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#132884 - 09/11/04 09:48 AM Re: The clue was: TWINS FOLLOWER
jheem veteran Registered: 01/06/04 Posts: 1474 Loc: California	How does the knee fit into all this reproduction? Not sure, but Latin has two words genus one of which means knee and the other of which means offspring. The two different nouns are from different roots, but they are spelled the same, and perhaps knees came to be associated with genitalia and reproduction. Can't say for sure ...
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#132885 - 09/11/04 06:36 PM Re: The clue was: TWINS FOLLOWER
Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/24/02 Posts: 7184 Loc: Vermont	ssociated with genitalia and reproduction all you kneed is love... _________________________ formerly known as etaoin...
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#132886 - 09/11/04 07:29 PM Re: The clue was: TWINS FOLLOWER
Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Registered: 09/30/01 Posts: 6296 Loc: Piedmont Region of Virginia, U...	Speaking of kneed...and genus...and knees: Is there a connection between the word genuflect and the derivative word from whence came the word knees? In other words, I know the definition of genuflect, so I must believe that there's a knee root kneeling in there somewhere.
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#132887 - 09/11/04 08:20 PM Re: The clue was: TWINS FOLLOWER
Father Steve Carpal Tunnel Registered: 09/06/00 Posts: 2788 Loc: Seattle, Washington, USA	Genuflect means "to bend the knee."
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#132888 - 09/12/04 07:21 PM Re: The clue was: TWINS FOLLOWER
belMarduk Carpal Tunnel Registered: 09/28/00 Posts: 2888	Thanks Max. I never would have guessed that.
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