Palmer ’s and Winthrop's Word Lists

[Isaac Davis]

> What is interesting to this word list is that it differs
> considerably from the other CJ dictionaries and
> vocabularies, in spelling as well as in content. Some
> examples:
>
> Krappo “toad”
>
Clearly from the French 'crapaud' (which is also, puzzlingly, the name of a small town on Prince Edward Island).


Isaac M. Davis

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