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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Bird to ship to church. #122639 02/12/2004 12:46 AM Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada Zed Pooh-Bah Zed Pooh-Bah Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada I liked the sideways shift of this one. The original Latin root for aisle meant wings. On ships of the day the banks of oars looked like the wings of the ship as it "flew" over the water. The next shift is to the rows of columns along the outside of Roman temples and other buildings which reminded people of the oars and were also refered to as aisles/wings. Then the early Christian churches of Rome were built in a similar style but with the aisles moved inside. Ttrick question - how many brides have walked down the aisle - None, properly speaking in churches the aisles are at the sides not down the middle of the nave.(cognate with ship) And now theatres have both aisles for the audience and wings for the stage. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Bird to ship to church. #122640 02/12/2004 5:06 AM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 137 Usually the western United Sta... ladymoon member ladymoon member Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 137 Usually the western United Sta... By some strange twist, my mother-in-law walked down the side of the church at her wedding. Go figure, there was a bride who walked down the aisle. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Bird to ship to church. #122641 02/12/2004 11:47 PM Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada Zed Pooh-Bah Zed Pooh-Bah Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada my mother-in-law walked down the side of the church at her wedding Ha! I was hoping there would be one. I'd love to know why. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Bird to ship to church. #122642 02/14/2004 2:57 AM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,773 Sparteye Pooh-Bah Sparteye Pooh-Bah Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,773 I'd love to know why. Because she didn't want to be left standing at the alter? Or maybe she knew that the groom was the right man. Or ... Oh, nevermind. My apologies. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Bird to ship to church. #122643 02/24/2004 11:31 PM Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada Zed Pooh-Bah Zed Pooh-Bah Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada Or her mother-in-law-to-be was blocking the center aisle? Or the center was unlucky. or ... (apologies for what?) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter 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 Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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