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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Don't shoot the messenger! #58286 02/22/2002 7:00 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Quick etymology check shows the n just snuck in there in ME. The vowel shift seems to be just some sort of random noise phenomenon; a>>e in the case of message/messenger(messanger in ME) from French and i>>e in passenger from Italian. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Don't shoot the messenger! Bean 02/22/2002 6:03 PM Re: Don't shoot the messenger! Rouspeteur 02/22/2002 6:27 PM Re: Don't shoot the messenger! Faldage 02/22/2002 7:00 PM Re: Don't shoot the misquoter! WhitmanO'Neill 02/23/2002 2:08 AM Massage/Massenger? TEd Remington 02/26/2002 8:56 PM Re: Massage/Massenger? Rouspeteur 02/26/2002 10:24 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

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