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#42109 09/20/2001 8:17 PM

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I was just browsing in Chaucer, and ran across this word:duszeyne . Reading it, it sounds like deuce- zehn - and it dawned on me it meant "dozen".

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your favorite etymology? Alex Williams 09/17/2001 7:35 PM

Re: your favorite etymology? wwh 09/17/2001 9:23 PM

Max Quordlepleen 09/18/2001 1:01 AM

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Re: See if I don't. Faldage 09/18/2001 1:31 PM

Re: your favorite etymology? wwh 09/18/2001 1:47 PM

Re: your favorite etymology? wwh 09/18/2001 1:57 PM

Re: your favorite etymology? wwh 09/18/2001 2:07 PM

Re: your favorite etymology? wwh 09/18/2001 2:41 PM

Re: your favorite etymology? Alex Williams 09/19/2001 1:43 PM

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Re:more bread etymology Rapunzel 09/26/2001 2:55 PM

Re:more bread etymology Keiva 09/20/2001 12:55 AM

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Re: etymology quiz Faldage 09/20/2001 1:57 PM

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Re: etymology quiz Keiva 09/20/2001 3:56 PM

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Re: etymology quiz wwh 09/20/2001 8:17 PM

Re: etymology quiz Alex Williams 09/21/2001 5:14 PM

Re: etymology quiz wwh 09/21/2001 10:16 PM

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Re: See if I don't. Keiva 09/18/2001 4:33 PM

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Re: your favorite etymology? of troy 09/18/2001 7:25 PM

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