#85761
11/05/2002 7:11 PM
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the Greek oion, meaning “egg.”
Any connection between the Greek word for 'egg' and the English one for 'onion'?
They look similar. Is it just a coincidence? (Come to think of it, coincidence is starting to look like eggs and onions, too.
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#85762
11/06/2002 1:36 AM
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Doesn't oion mean eye, does anyone know?
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#85764
11/06/2002 10:09 AM
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Pooh-Bah
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Maybe the answer is bloin in the wordwind?
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#85765
11/06/2002 10:53 AM
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Onion comes from a Latin word meaning large pearl. Oion does mean egg according to my Greek dictionary.
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#85766
11/06/2002 12:11 PM
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Thanks, Faldage.
When you have a chance, would you check out Jackie's question about the Greek word for eye? I tried to google oion and eye, but didn't have any luck in making a direct connection between the two.
I like the connection between onion and large pearl--some of those large onion pearls are a lot larger than others, and, of course, we have "pearl onions," which could be considered to be a redundancy: pearl pearl or pearl large pearl.
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#85767
11/06/2002 2:08 PM
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Wordwind has been eating Dr. Seuss's Green eggs and Ham.
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#85768
11/06/2002 2:15 PM
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Greek Eggs and Large Pearls
...for those mornings when you can't find the ham. I'll tell you one thing, fersure: a diet of Greek Eggs and Large Pearls would give you an abundance of calcium carbonate!
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#85769
11/07/2002 4:45 PM
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old hand
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Greek Eggs....Onions....Pearls....Eyes....
"Those are pearls that were his eyes" - Shakes.
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