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Topic Options #9933 - 11/05/00 11:39 PM Eponyms Wordsmith member Registered: 03/12/00 Posts: 121 Eponyms are people who have a word coined after them. Take Amerigo Vespucci, Italian explorer after whom America was named. The word eponym is also used to refer to words coined in this manner. The elementary particle boson, for example, is named after Indian physicist Satyendra Nath Bose. This week we travel around the world in our quest for eponyms. Our other stops are Germany, Sweden, Australia, France and England. We pick words coined after good guys, as well as words named after not-so-good ones. We feature words derived from people who were mere figments of someone's imagination and words that have their source in flesh and blood folks. Top #9934 - 11/21/00 09:03 PM Re: Eponyms Father Steve Carpal Tunnel Registered: 09/06/00 Posts: 2788 Loc: Seattle, Washington, USA Anu writes: "The elementary particle boson, for example, is named after Indian physicist Satyendra Nath Bose." And the Vicar wonders: May one assumes further that the term "bosun's mate" derives from Satyendra's spouse? Top Previous Topic Index Next Topic Preview 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 consolidated into a single forum above) ------   Words from medicine   Beheading words   Meta-words   Words from classical mythology   Animal Safari   Words with unusual etymologies   Eponyms or words derived from people's names.   Loanwords from German   English as a global language Moderator:  Jackie  Print Topic Switch to Threaded Mode View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts Forum Stats 8424 Members 16 Forums 13686 Topics 209773 Posts Max Online: 3341 @ 12/09/11 02:15 PM Newest Members teepee, smoothcriminal86, janbra, junebug, Stephen A 8423 Registered Users Who's Online 0 registered (), 36 Guests and 1 Spider online. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters (30 Days) LukeJavan8 88 jenny jenny 62 wofahulicodoc 54 endymion6 47 Rhubarb Commando 35 BranShea 34 Buffalo Shrdlu 16 zmjezhd 13 Jackie 12 Faldage 12 May Su M Tu W Th F Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

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