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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Austria/Ostrich? #2895 05/23/00 03:43 AM Joined: May 2000 Posts: 3 Singapore R Rob OP stranger OP Rob stranger R Joined: May 2000 Posts: 3 Singapore I seem to remember hearing once that there is some sort of connection between 'ostrich' and 'Austria', in that the German for 'Austria' is 'Oesterreich' (I think lit. 'Eastern Reich/Land') which is corrupted to give us 'ostrich'. Somewhere along the thread there was also the fact that the German for an ostrich is 'ein Strauss'. And I think this was supposed to be something to do with Austria as well. Does anyone know the actual etymology of 'ostrich' and if it is related to the German for 'Austria', how is that exactly? And what about the German for ostrich being 'Strauss'? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Austria/Ostrich? #2896 05/23/00 06:34 PM Joined: May 2000 Posts: 112 Auckland, New Zealand D David108 member David108 member D Joined: May 2000 Posts: 112 Auckland, New Zealand An interesting question, Rob. I did some surfing (thanks to tswum for the Google search tip) and came up with the following fact: Ostriches are mentioned in Shakespeare (Henry VI, Pt. II, IV, x) and The Bible (Job xxxix, 14-16). Refer to http://members.xoom.com/teostrich/ostriches/ostrich.html This site is run by someone who appears to be an ostrich enthusiast! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Austria/Ostrich? #2897 05/23/00 06:41 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 CADE: Here's the lord of the soil come to seize me for a stray, for entering his fee-simple without leave. Ah, villain, thou wilt betray me, and get a thousand crowns of the king carrying my head to him: but I'll make thee eat iron like an ostrich, and swallow my sword like a great pin, ere thou and I part. (that would be Shakespeare :) "What's another word for Thesaurus?" -Steven Wright Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Austria/Ostrich? #2898 05/25/00 11:15 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Tsuwm, OK, I'll bite. >"What's another word for Thesaurus?"< Run? (think about it) Oh! Just tried markup again, previewed, and saw success! I can now tell you that I am not crazy or blind, at least in the sense of not being able to see how to use markup in my posts. Sometimes that option is there, and sometimes it isn't! (Whew!) 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 Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,915 Posts229,895 Members9,197 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Bill_L, achz, MAGNVSTALSMA, Burlyfish, Renegade98 9,197 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 705 guests, and 2 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) A C Bowden 28 wofahulicodoc 26 LukeJavan8 3 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,896 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,947 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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