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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Inver-- #67858 05/03/02 10:26 PM Joined: Jun 2000 Posts: 444 Sydney Australia B Bridget addict Bridget addict B Joined: Jun 2000 Posts: 444 Sydney Australia inver is Celtic for river mouth. So Inverness is the town at the mouth of the river Ness. Which is all well and good, but 'ness' is a standard element meaning headland. (Check in the Norse section on Bingley's link.) So how did it get to be the name of a river? Is this pure coincidence or what? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Wordmap paulb 04/29/02 12:38 PM Re: Wordmap Sparteye 04/29/02 04:14 PM Re: Wordmap Wordwind 04/29/02 05:09 PM . Max Quordlepleen 04/29/02 10:46 PM Re: Wordmap Wordwind 04/29/02 10:51 PM Re: Wordmap consuelo 04/29/02 11:02 PM . Max Quordlepleen 04/29/02 11:10 PM Re: Wordmap consuelo 04/29/02 11:16 PM Re: Wordmap doc_comfort 04/29/02 11:19 PM . Max Quordlepleen 04/29/02 11:56 PM Re: Wordmap hev 04/30/02 02:49 AM . Max Quordlepleen 04/30/02 03:50 AM Re: Wordmap hev 04/30/02 04:46 AM . Max Quordlepleen 04/30/02 04:56 AM Re: Wordmap hev 04/30/02 05:08 AM Re: Wordmap zootsuit 05/01/02 02:57 AM . Max Quordlepleen 05/01/02 03:13 AM Re: Wordmap doc_comfort 05/01/02 04:41 AM . Max Quordlepleen 05/01/02 06:02 AM Re: Wordmap doc_comfort 05/01/02 06:14 AM Re: Wordmap Bridget 05/01/02 09:00 AM Re: Wordmap Jackie 05/02/02 01:08 AM Re: Wordmap hev 05/02/02 02:01 AM Re: Wordmap - slug-free zone zootsuit 05/02/02 02:52 AM Inver-- Jackie 05/03/02 03:54 AM Re: Inver-- Bingley 05/03/02 05:10 AM Re: Inver-- Bridget 05/03/02 10:26 PM Re: Wordmap alexis 05/03/02 05:00 AM Re: Wordmap Sparteye 05/03/02 02:15 PM Re: Wordmap Bridget 05/03/02 10:14 PM Abuse excuse Fiberbabe 05/04/02 11:52 AM Pinch and a Punch alexis 05/05/02 11:08 AM . Max Quordlepleen 05/05/02 08:24 PM Re: Pinch and a Punch of troy 05/05/02 08:36 PM Re: Pinch and a Punch Rapunzel 05/05/02 10:37 PM Re: Pinch and a Punch maverick 05/06/02 12:35 AM Re: Pinch and a Punch Bingley 05/06/02 06:41 AM Re: evening AnnaStrophic 05/06/02 12:16 PM Re: Pinch and a Punch Jackie 05/06/02 01:48 AM let's just leave it to... wofahulicodoc 05/06/02 12:36 PM Re: let's just leave it to... Bean 05/06/02 01:17 PM wooden have it any other way wofahulicodoc 05/06/02 03:10 PM Re: wooden have it any other way Bean 05/06/02 04:51 PM Meanwhile... AnnaStrophic 05/06/02 05:40 PM Re: Meanwhile... Bingley 05/07/02 03:47 AM Re: Meanwhile... AnnaStrophic 05/07/02 12:28 PM Arcadia TEd Remington 05/07/02 04:21 PM Re: Arcadia doc_comfort 05/08/02 12:45 AM Re: Meanwhile... Sparteye 05/08/02 01:43 AM Re: wooden have it any other way TEd Remington 05/06/02 08:02 PM Car games Fiberbabe 05/06/02 06:57 PM Re: Car games consuelo 05/07/02 01:40 AM Re: Rabbits AnnaStrophic 05/05/02 08:40 PM Re: Wordmap maverick 05/06/02 02:47 AM 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 Posts229,364 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 (), 635 guests, and 0 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 28 A C Bowden 22 LukeJavan8 3 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,558 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,919 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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