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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Cony/Coney Island #130329 07/11/04 01:40 PM Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 1 Townsville, QLD, Australia M masuk OP stranger OP masuk stranger M Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 1 Townsville, QLD, Australia I've recently read a book which referred frequently to Cony (Coney) Island,(USA) and I wondered if the name has any connection with rabbits. > > The reason I ask is that about the same time, I read a reference to "Conies", coming from the word konijnen, (konaynen)the Dutch word for rabbit, and also used in Ireland I believe. > > Adrian Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Cony/Coney Island #130330 07/11/04 02:28 PM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,439 New England, USA W wow Carpal Tunnel wow Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,439 New England, USA Welcome Masuk! Try this link for a short answer - seems it's an unresolved issue. http://naid.sppsr.ucla.edu/coneyisland/articles/coneyname.htm Note the warning to schoolchildren at the end ! : 0 Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter 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 Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,316 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 621 guests, and 0 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 30 A C Bowden 13 LukeJavan8 1 ddrinnan 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 tsuwm 10,542 wofahulicodoc 10,533 LukeJavan8 9,916 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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