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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Silkie vs Selkie #104122 06/11/03 10:20 AM Joined: Jul 2002 Posts: 742 Akina S sjm old hand sjm old hand S Joined: Jul 2002 Posts: 742 Akina >The name is preserved in a couple of folk tunes I know as "Silkie, I must confess, I am just using the spelling favoured by an SF author, Anne McCaffrey, resident in Ireland, who wrote SF stories featuring these creatures. She always spelled it with an e, so I just ape her. Would a blue-blooded s(i)(e)lkie be a royal seal? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted PC or not to PC wwh 05/23/03 12:24 PM Re: PC or not to PC wwh 05/23/03 12:44 PM Re: PC or not to PC Capfka 05/24/03 01:07 PM Re: PC or not to PC of troy 05/24/03 02:18 PM Re: PC or not to PC wwh 05/24/03 04:38 PM Re: PC or not to PC Wordwind 05/24/03 09:05 PM Re: PC or not to PC WhitmanO'Neill 05/25/03 01:31 AM Re: PC or not to PC Capfka 05/25/03 04:40 AM Re: PC or not to PC Buffalo Shrdlu 05/25/03 10:08 AM Re: PC or not to PC alexis 06/11/03 03:00 AM Re: PC or not to PC Tross 06/11/03 03:26 AM Re: PC or not to PC sjm 06/11/03 03:31 AM Silkie vs Selkie AnnaStrophic 06/11/03 09:11 AM Re: Silkie vs Selkie sjm 06/11/03 10:20 AM Re: Black Scot Faldage 06/11/03 01:08 PM Re: Black Singers Zed 06/13/03 12:17 AM Re: PC or not to PC of troy 06/11/03 11:44 AM Re: PC or not to PC Tross 06/13/03 11:57 AM Re: PC or not to PC WhitmanO'Neill 05/25/03 11:32 AM Re: PC or not to PC of troy 05/25/03 12:47 PM Re: PC or not to PC Wordwind 05/25/03 04:59 PM Re: PC or not to PC wwh 05/25/03 06:03 PM Re: PC or not to PC of troy 05/25/03 10:09 PM Re: PC or not to PC Zed 05/27/03 11:13 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 Topics13,915 Posts229,975 Members9,198 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members testawad, Bill_L, achz, MAGNVSTALSMA, Burlyfish 9,198 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 1,805 guests, and 2 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 33 A C Bowden 17 LukeJavan8 3 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,944 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,952 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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