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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread etymology #112806 09/27/2003 7:32 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 A fairly long list of common words of Scandinavian origin. A bit skimpy, but I enjoyed browsing it. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: etymology #112807 09/27/2003 9:01 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont uh, link, Bill? formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: etymology #112808 09/28/2003 1:26 AM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Dear etaoin: I goofed again. I meant to use Edit, and add it, then forgot. Here it is: http://viking.no/e/england/e-viking_words_1.htm Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: etymology #112809 09/28/2003 1:55 AM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont thanks, Bill. right away, I saw several words that I had no idea came from that heritage, such as akimbo. that always sounded Caribbean islandish to me... formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: etymology #112810 09/28/2003 2:38 AM Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 4,189 Rio Grande, Cape May County, N... WhitmanO'Neill Carpal Tunnel WhitmanO'Neill Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 4,189 Rio Grande, Cape May County, N... Oh, rats, Dr. Bill...when I first saw the title of this thread I thought it was going to be "the etymology of etymology". Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: etymology #112811 09/28/2003 10:58 AM Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 3,230 Te Ika a Maui sjmaxq Carpal Tunnel sjmaxq Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 3,230 Te Ika a Maui >when I first saw the title of this thread I thought it was going to be "the etymology of etymology". As did I. noho ora mai http://maxqnzs.com/References.html Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: etymology #112812 09/28/2003 12:42 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 etymology - 1398, from Gk. etymologia, from etymon "true sense" (neut. of etymos "true," related to eteos "true") + logos "word." In classical times, of meanings; later, of histories. Latinized by Cicero as veriloquium Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: Isadore, patron saint of the Internet #112813 09/28/2003 11:37 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York (crossthreading from Info & Announcements) "So, how did a 7th century Spanish archbishop and educator become the patron saint for the Internet? The Vatican’s Observation Service for Internet, which drew its mission from the Pontifical Council for Social Communications, researched the Internet and related technologies to select a patron saint that best reflects the concerns and ideals of computer designers, programmers and users. The saint chosen by the Observation Service was Saint Isidore. The proposal for such a move was made in 1999, with Spanish Catholic bishops advocating St. Isidore as the best candidate on the grounds that in the 7th century he produced one of the world's first databases in the form of a twenty-volume encyclopedia called the Etymologies...." http://diosef.org/isidore/index.html Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit 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. 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