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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: What Language Is it? #112886 09/30/2003 10:57 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 when the word was first used to refer to spheniscids Almost immediately. The first cite, refering to the Great Auk, is from 1578. The spheniscidae got the name in 1588. OED1, FWIW, questions the validity of the claim that the word is from the Welsh. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted What Language Is it? sjmaxq 09/29/2003 11:37 AM Re: What Language Is it? dodyskin 09/29/2003 12:07 PM Re: What Language Is it? sjmaxq 09/29/2003 12:13 PM Re: What Language Is it? tsuwm 09/29/2003 4:03 PM Re: What Language Is it? Faldage 09/29/2003 4:10 PM Re: someone in mind?! tsuwm 09/29/2003 4:26 PM Re: someone in mind?! Faldage 09/29/2003 5:07 PM Re: someone mindless?! maverick 09/29/2003 7:16 PM Re: mindful mirth AnnaStrophic 09/29/2003 7:27 PM Re: someone in mind?! sjmaxq 09/29/2003 7:51 PM Re: What Language Is it? Faldage 09/30/2003 10:57 AM Re: What Language Is it? maverick 09/30/2003 8:47 PM Re: What Language Is it? Faldage 09/30/2003 9:53 PM Re: What Language Is it? Bingley 10/01/2003 1:34 AM Re: What Language Is it? Jackie 10/01/2003 2:09 AM Re: What Language Is it? maverick 10/01/2003 10:11 PM Re: What Language Is it? AnnaStrophic 10/01/2003 10:16 PM Re: What Language Is it? maverick 10/01/2003 10:36 PM Re: What Language Is it? AnnaStrophic 10/01/2003 10:49 PM Re: What Language Is it? maverick 10/02/2003 1:20 AM Re: What Language Is it? Bingley 10/02/2003 4:01 AM Re: What Language Is it? maverick 09/29/2003 2:34 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 Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,422 Members9,211 Most Online17,319 Apr 8th, 2026 Newest Members Boo boo kitty fu, peterreineck, Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd 9,211 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 21 A C Bowden 6 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,238 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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