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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Anglicized place-names #69809 05/13/2002 2:46 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Dear Faldage: in looking up L'Anse aux Meadows, I thought "anse" meant neck, as in "anserine" =like a goose. But French dictionary say "anse"= cove Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Anglicized place-names slithy toves 05/13/2002 1:25 PM Re: Anglicized place-names Faldage 05/13/2002 2:02 PM Re: Anglicized place-names Bean 05/13/2002 2:08 PM Re: Anglicized place-names Bean 05/13/2002 2:15 PM Re: Anglicized place-names wwh 05/13/2002 2:46 PM Re: Anglicized place-names Faldage 05/13/2002 3:36 PM Re: Anglicized place-names Angel 05/13/2002 9:49 PM Re: Anglicized place-names jmh 05/13/2002 10:58 PM Re: Anglicized place-names WhitmanO'Neill 05/13/2002 11:04 PM Re: Anglicized place-names AphonicRants 05/14/2002 12:19 AM Max Quordlepleen 05/13/2002 11:09 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 Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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