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Dear Fiberbabe: "Cordwainer" interests me in that it indicates the "v" in Cordova used to be pronounced like a "w". I have encountered a similar example in the name of a Boston doctor, Dr. Janeway. A book on genealogy said that name was derived from family of Italian merchants who settled in England very early, and were from Genoa, the name being originally "de Genove"
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wwh 04/13/02 02:33 PM ![]()
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Flatlander 04/17/02 02:15 PM ![]()
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Max Quordlepleen 04/17/02 06:45 PM ![]()
not very important, just for completeness...
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Re: not very important, just for completeness...
wwh 09/13/02 03:21 PM
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