03-29-2004, 05:03 PM
1. Methinks the Tollivers were anti-Papist. In 1760 something, that would not be too much of a reach.
2. An iron pulley? But that would be Taglia Ferra, I think. The g is of course silent when spoken.
3. Somewhere, I recall that lexicography as a standard in the English language is an 18th or 19th century phenomenon, which would likely give the counties in the debtor's colony of Georgia, and it's "aristocracy" a tendency for pre-lexicon names.
Not sure if you like Bill Bryson, but his "The Mother Tongue" and "Made in America" are both funny looks at the uncommon language.
Garum: neat treatment of it isn Mark Kurlansky's book "Salt." He writes very well, and loves unusual recipes. Not sure if you have read his "Cod" a very nice and not too long discussion of that fish, which he says "changed the world." :)
-Occhi
2. An iron pulley? But that would be Taglia Ferra, I think. The g is of course silent when spoken.
3. Somewhere, I recall that lexicography as a standard in the English language is an 18th or 19th century phenomenon, which would likely give the counties in the debtor's colony of Georgia, and it's "aristocracy" a tendency for pre-lexicon names.
Not sure if you like Bill Bryson, but his "The Mother Tongue" and "Made in America" are both funny looks at the uncommon language.
Garum: neat treatment of it isn Mark Kurlansky's book "Salt." He writes very well, and loves unusual recipes. Not sure if you have read his "Cod" a very nice and not too long discussion of that fish, which he says "changed the world." :)
-Occhi
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In War, the outcome is never final. --Carl von Clausewitz--
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In War, the outcome is never final. --Carl von Clausewitz--
Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum
John 11:35 - consider why.
In Memory of Pete