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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 3 of 3 1 2 3 Re: Easter #61869 03/23/02 08:18 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 W wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Dear MaxQ: Some parental admonishments fail tragically. To wit, the mother who repeatedly told her daughter that she must not let the boyfriend get on top of her, "because Mother would worry." So when daughter came home, Mother demanded "Did you let him get on top of you?" Daughter replied: "No, I got on top of him and now his mother can worry!" Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Easter #61870 04/02/02 09:59 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta B Bingley Carpal Tunnel Bingley Carpal Tunnel B Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta Eastre was an Anglo-Saxon goddess whose festival happened to be celebrated at more or less the time the Christians who converted them celebrated Easter. I think I'm right in saying most other languages use cognates of the English Paschal, which ultimately derive from the Hebrew word for Passover. Bingley Bingley Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter premarin #61871 04/04/02 12:07 AM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,851 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,851 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA A little late to be re-entering the fray but since I apparently started it with my tale of 35-years-ago naivete, let me clarify that when I thought PreMarIn was a contraceptive, I was MISTAKEN ! It isn't. Not processed or natural. Never was promoted as such. It just keeps some of the more annoying symptoms of menopause at bay. Less expensive generic equivalent is just as effective, by the way. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Easter #61872 04/04/02 04:03 PM Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 163 R Rouspeteur member Rouspeteur member R Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 163 I think I'm right in saying most other languages use cognates of the English Paschal On the only two I know you only score 50% German: das Ostern >very close to the English in structure in that the root, OST = east. French: les Pâques. Which is close, but Paschal actually translates to "pascal" Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Easter #61873 04/04/02 04:34 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,156 B Bean old hand Bean old hand B Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,156 Pasqua in Italian. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Easter #61874 04/04/02 05:20 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York Spanish: pascua Portuguese: pâscoa Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Easter #61875 04/05/02 03:14 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta B Bingley Carpal Tunnel Bingley Carpal Tunnel B Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta Dutch pasen Indonesian paskal Bingley Bingley Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Easter #61876 04/05/02 03:26 AM Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 2,636 Caribbean consuelo Carpal Tunnel consuelo Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 2,636 Caribbean The land mass now known as the state of Florida got it's name because a ship of Spaniards "found" it(I didn't know it was lost!) on Easter Sunday. In Spanish, this is known by the term "Pascua Florida". Florida means flowery or adorned. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Easter #61877 04/05/02 03:54 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta B Bingley Carpal Tunnel Bingley Carpal Tunnel B Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta And the Indonesian island of Flores got its name from the Portuguese word for flowers. Bingley Bingley 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. 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