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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 3 of 3 1 2 3 Re: Same etymology? twosleepy #184818 05/16/09 05:03 AM Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 132 G goofy member goofy member G Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 132 Quote: Is, or is there not, a connection between hibernate and winter? I can't pull out a definitive answer from all the posts... thanks! :0) There's no etymological connection. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Same etymology? twosleepy #184819 05/16/09 02:16 PM Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh Okay, all gobbledygook aside, what is the Final Answer? "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." [Arthur C. Clarke] As tsuwm said earlier: if you're asking about semantics, yes they are related. And, as goofy said a little later on: if you're asking about etymological connection, no. I have been "corrected" by my students for pronouncing them incorrectly... Yeah, prescriptivism is a female dog, ain't it. I've stopped correcting most people who pronounce often with a t or err as air. As Faldo said elsewheres: "shift happens". Ceci n'est pas un seing. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Same etymology? zmjezhd #184820 05/16/09 06:30 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass Originally Posted By: zmjezhd As Faldo said elsewheres: "shift happens". actuarially, that's been said around these parts, early and often, by Max (y'all should read some of these old threads!) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 3 of 3 1 2 3 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 Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,915 Posts229,930 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 (), 826 guests, and 2 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 27 A C Bowden 13 LukeJavan8 3 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,918 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,949 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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