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FORKNI-L Digest - 4 Dec 2003 to 5 Dec 2003 (#2003-54)

Fri, 5 Dec 2003

There are 4 messages totalling 145 lines in this issue.

Topics of the day:

  1. NAs vindicated
  2. Flowers and their meanings
  3. My new site!
  4. Today's Birthday:  December 5

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Date:    Thu, 4 Dec 2003 15:00:38 -0800
From:    Megan Hull <mistrydder@y......>
Subject: NAs vindicated

I don't know if this has been mentioned before, but I'd never heard of it.
Apparently, the word 'nuncle' came first.  'Uncle' was a copying error, changing
it from 'a nuncle' to 'an uncle'.

There are a number of words that lost or gained an 'n' at the beginning due to
this kind of error.

So let's hear it for Nunkies!

(Source: Anu Garg, www.wordsmith.org)

                  -Megan


"Eternal nights too short,
How quickly melt away,
With all the love we shared once,
Forever in a Day."

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Date:    Thu, 4 Dec 2003 18:52:21 -0500
From:    Emily Lacey <laceye@e.......>
Subject: Flowers and their meanings

I get a weekly e-mail from Dover. They sent me this this week:
http://store.yahoo.com/doverpublications/0486429784.html

Since several stories have involved flowers and their meanings, and
others have been interested in them, I thought I'd share this with
the list:


Folklore and Symbolism of Flowers, Plants and Trees
Ernst Lehner
Johanna Lehner
Our Price $11.95
Availability: In Stock
(Usually ships in 24 to 48 hours)
Format: Book
ISBN: 0486429784
Page Count: 128
Dimensions: 8 3/8 x 11
Comprehensive, profusely illustrated archive by two of the world's
foremost collectors of pictorial symbols-and devoted flower
enthusiasts. Their pictures, rendered from rare illustrations, extend
from ancient Chinese lotus buds to a basket of flowers in a
nineteenth-century Valentine silhouette. The symbolic meaning of
every known species-from absinth to zinnia-is summarized in a table.
A visual treat for flower lovers, this essential sourcebook, with its
permission-free artwork, will be of value to artists and designers,
folklore enthusiasts, as well as botanical and gardening specialists.
Over 200 black-and-white designs and illustrations.

Symbolic meanings for:
Acacia Rod of Aaron Bo Tree Mistletoe
Passionflowe Edelweiss Heliotrope Tears of Job
Laurel Olive Tree Black Poplar Apple of Sodom
Barnacle Tree Houseleek Ice Plant Mandrake
. . . and many other botanical varieties.

--
Emily Lacey
laceye@e.......

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Date:    Thu, 4 Dec 2003 17:51:46 -0800
From:    Amanda Berendt <debrabant_foundation@y......>
Subject: My new site!

Woo Hoo!!! Finally I got my new site up.  I only have the fiction
part up right now... that was tedious enough as it was.
I think all the links are working.
Check it out..
http://www.darksideoftheglass.com
And let me know what you think.

If anyone has my old site bookmarked (thank you!) please update your
files.
-Amanda

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"Give me your soul and your heart will take flight
Forevermore in the night, Forever MINE in the night"
http://www.darksideoftheglass.com

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Date:    Fri, 5 Dec 2003 06:28:05 -0600
From:    eowyn3@j.......
Subject: Today's Birthday:  December 5

Hi Y'all!

Today is the birthday of:       Cloud           clouddancer@c.......

You can send birthday greetings to Cloud at the above e-mail address.
Please NOT to the list!

People who share birthdays on this date include:
Little Richard, Rhythm and Blues Singer
Clyde Vernon Cessna, Aviator, aircraft manufacturer
George Armstrong Custer, General
Walt Disney, Movie Producer/Director

Significant events on this date:
1492, Christopher Columbus discovers the island of Santo Domingo.
1868, A velocipede riding school opens in New York to teach the art of
riding bicycles.
1893, the first electric car hit the streets.
1933, Prohibition finally came to an end.

I hope you have a very Happy Birthday, Cloud!

If you would like to be added to the birthday announcements, please send
your name, birthdate (no year needed) and e-mail address to me,
privately, eowyn3@j....... and I'll be glad to add you.

Terri
eowyn3@j......., eowyn@w.......
GWDFC, G-IV & V Attendee, Knighties Listowner, TKD, FK X-Stitcher,
Proud Survivor of Fk-fic  Wars 8-11, Keeper of the FK Birthday List

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