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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Turkeys #74425 06/28/02 01:15 PM Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 1,346 Sussex, England F FishonaBike veteran FishonaBike veteran F Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 1,346 Sussex, England Welcome aBoard Kay This one proved a lot more straightforward than I expected. I had been going on the theory that there was no relation in the etymologies of the two words, that the two words had ended up sounding the same by accident. However, from Merriem Webster (http://www.webster.com): Main Entry: tur·key Pronunciation: 't&r-kE Function: noun Etymology: Turkey, country in western Asia and southeastern Europe; from confusion with the guinea fowl, supposed to be imported from Turkish territory So there you have it. Unless M-W is wrong, of course... Fisk Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Turkeys Kay Williams 06/28/02 01:03 PM Re: Turkeys FishonaBike 06/28/02 01:15 PM Re: Turkeys Buffalo Shrdlu 06/28/02 02:22 PM Re: Turkeys FishonaBike 06/28/02 02:39 PM Re: Turkeys Bean 06/28/02 02:40 PM Indian Turkey FishonaBike 06/28/02 03:03 PM Re: Turkeys wwh 06/28/02 03:18 PM Re: Turkeys Keiva 06/28/02 05:38 PM Re: Turkeys wwh 06/28/02 08:24 PM Re: Turkeys--the adjective? Wordwind 06/28/02 08:59 PM Re: Turkeys--the adjective? Keiva 06/28/02 09:03 PM Re: Turkeys--the adjective? wwh 06/28/02 09:10 PM Re: Turkeys--the adjective? FishonaBike 06/28/02 09:12 PM Re: Turkeys--the adjective? wwh 06/29/02 03:46 PM Re: Turkeys--the adjective? tsuwm 07/02/02 06:00 PM Re: Turkeys--the adjective? Wordwind 07/02/02 06:20 PM Re: Turkeys--the adjective? tsuwm 07/02/02 06:32 PM Re: Turkeys--the adjective? wwh 07/02/02 06:44 PM Re: Turkeys Kay Williams 07/01/02 12:32 PM Re: Turkeys of troy 06/28/02 03:53 PM Exotic fowl FishonaBike 06/28/02 04:04 PM Re: Exotic fowl Buffalo Shrdlu 06/28/02 04:08 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 Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,915 Posts229,990 Members9,198 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members testawad, Bill_L, achz, MAGNVSTALSMA, Burlyfish 9,198 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 696 guests, and 2 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 26 A C Bowden 18 LukeJavan8 3 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,956 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,953 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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