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Re: spelling questions ...
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lugnet.castle
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Tue, 11 Jan 2000 15:43:59 GMT
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MATTDM@MATTDM.stopspammersORG
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Mike Stanley <cjc@NOSPAMnewsguy.com> wrote:
> > implies something do with iron, which is why I guessed it had something to
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> 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".
Farrier, though, comes from the middle english "ferrour". Iron is definitely
involved.
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Matthew Miller ---> mattdm@mattdm.org
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| (...) Yeah, I think I mentioned the ME in another post. 'Course, it came through French also, so seeing the spelling get fowled up isn't any big surprise, is it? :) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| (...) 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 (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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