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OP What would a crane's foot have to do with a genealogical chart (unless the
chart is about a crane's lineage, that is)? Many hundred years ago someone
figured that the lines of succession on an ancestral map bore a strong
resemblance with that bird's foot, and the rest, as they say, is history.
So even though you might think this week's words appear pedestrian, pay
special attention to the etymologies. You'll discover that these words have
pedigrees that are anything but ordinary.
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Etymologies Wordsmith 04/24/00 12:00 PM Re: Etymologies patatty 04/24/00 03:31 PM Re: Etymologies Philip Davis 04/24/00 07:50 PM Re: Etymologies Bear 05/01/00 06:06 AM Re: Etymologies patatty 05/01/00 03:02 PM Re: Etymologies Bear 05/02/00 04:35 AM Re: Etymologies wsieber 05/02/00 11:32 AM Re: Etymologies Bear 05/02/00 06:34 PM Re: Etymologies wwh 09/24/01 10:27 PM . Max Quordlepleen 09/24/01 11:39 PM Re: Etymologies tsuwm 09/25/01 09:08 PM Re: Etymologies wwh 10/30/01 06:04 PM Re: Etymologies Faldage 10/30/01 06:18 PM Re: Etymologies wwh 10/30/01 07:50 PM Re: Etymologies Faldage 10/30/01 08:46 PM Re: Etymologies wwh 10/31/01 03:18 PM Re: Etymologies Faldage 10/31/01 03:43 PM Re: Etymologies wwh 10/31/01 05:25 PM Re: Etymologies Keiva 11/25/01 03:23 AM Re: Etymologies Wordwind 11/25/01 08:56 AM Re: Etymologies wwh 11/25/01 03:35 PM Re: Crane's foot = pedigree wwh 11/25/01 03:49 PM Re: Crane's foot = pedigree Wordwind 11/25/01 04:00 PM grue emanuela 12/09/01 08:32 AM Re: gasket wwh 01/08/02 03:04 PM Re: gasket dxb 03/07/02 11:56 AM Re: gasket Keiva 03/07/02 12:47 PM . Max Quordlepleen 03/07/02 06:51 PM Re: gasket of troy 03/07/02 06:51 PM Re: gasket dxb 03/13/02 03:38 PM Re: gasket of troy 03/13/02 03:55 PM Re: Etymologies JColter 05/01/00 05:39 PM Re: Etymologies Philip Davis 05/01/00 11:43 PM Re: Etymologies paulb 05/03/00 11:48 AM Re: Etymologies jmh 05/03/00 12:41 PM Re: Etymologies patatty 05/05/00 04:33 PM Re: Etymologies wwh 03/17/01 05:55 PM Re: Etymologies Bingley 03/19/01 08:40 AM Re: Etymologies Jackie 03/23/01 02:57 AM . Max Quordlepleen 04/07/01 04:55 AM
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