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Re: spelling questions ...
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Tue, 11 Jan 2000 00:57:33 GMT
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On Mon, 10 Jan 2000 22:29:46 GMT, "John DiRienzo"
<ig88888888@stlnet.com> wrote:
> that I can remember. But aren't a farrier and a smith one and the same?
Yes. Farrier is an alteration of a Middle English and French word
that meant blacksmith. Can't really imagine a smith making a living
solely on horse shoes, but then again, in a large city that might
support multiple smiths, maybe it could happen.
> Ferrier would make more sense to me for the spelling of the word, as it
> implies something do with iron, which is why I guessed it had something to
Yeah, the funny thing is the one that looks the most like ferrum,
which means iron, is ferrier, but it's actually derived from a
completely different word. Although I could ask one of my profs and
I'm sure he'd be able to find a connection someplace between the Latin
words for "to bear" and the word for "iron".
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| (...) Used to be. Now, the Farrier (and I was wrong, it is farrier, not ferrier) is a horse of a different shoe :). I know a Farrier who I doubt is a blacksmith (my wife's old boss). I know blacksmiths (self proclamed) who would be frightened out of (...) (24 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| ~My~ Webster's didn't have either, and neither did M-W.com, which is why I asked what the words meant. James Brown had the best guesses, I think - they were the same as my guesses, misspelled words of similar meanings. I had guessed cobbler from (...) (24 years ago, 10-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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