LL-L "Riddles" 2003.10.29 (07) [E]

[Lowlands-L]

======================================================================
L O W L A N D S - L * 29.OCT.2003 (07) * ISSN 189-5582 * LCSN 96-4226
http://www.lowlands-l.net * lowlands-l at lowlands-l.net
Rules & Guidelines: http://www.lowlands-l.net/index.php?page=rules
Posting Address: lowlands-l at listserv.linguistlist.org
Server Manual: http://www.lsoft.com/manuals/1.8c/userindex.html
Archives: http://listserv.linguistlist.org/archives/lowlands-l.html
Encoding: Unicode (UTF-8) [Please switch your view mode to it.]
=======================================================================
You have received this because you have been subscribed upon request.
To unsubscribe, please send the command "signoff lowlands-l" as message
text from the same account to listserv at listserv.linguistlist.org or
sign off at http://linguistlist.org/subscribing/sub-lowlands-l.html.
=======================================================================
A=Afrikaans Ap=Appalachian B=Brabantish D=Dutch E=English F=Frisian
L=Limburgish LS=Lowlands Saxon (Low German) N=Northumbrian
S=Scots Sh=Shetlandic V=(West)Flemish Z=Zeelandic (Zeêuws)
=======================================================================

From: sam claire <samclaire at mybluelight.com>
Subject: LL-L

Gabriele: Words which can be used with no variation in meaning and
connotation in every context, no exceptions, are true synonyms.  According
to Webster, RIGHT and EXACT abut in meaning, but each point to differing and
unrelated senses.   Sam

----------

From: Global Moose Translations <globalmoose at t-online.de>
Subject: LL-L "Riddles" 2003.10.29 (05) [E]

> From: sam claire <samclaire at mybluelight.com>
> Subject: LL-L
>
> William Parker solved the gorse/furze riddle.  Actually, there is the
third
> word, "whin" which the Scots use for the yellow-flowered wild shrub. . .
> Sam

And, of course, the fourth, which also happens to have five letters:
Ah, the broom, the bonnie bonnie broom...

Gabriele Kahn

---------

From: Global Moose Translations <globalmoose at t-online.de>
Subject: LL-L "Riddles" 2003.10.29 (05) [E]

> From: sam claire <samclaire at mybluelight.com>
> Subject: LL-L
>
> William Parker solved the gorse/furze riddle.  Actually, there is the
third
> word, "whin" which the Scots use for the yellow-flowered wild shrub. . .
> Sam

On second thought, plant names don't really count, do they? Many common
plants (and animals) have more than one name - rowan tree and mountain ash,
monk's hood and wolfbane... so they should all be called TRUE synonyms too,
no?

Your biolinguist
Gabriele Kahn

================================END===================================
* Please submit postings to lowlands-l at listserv.linguistlist.org.
* Postings will be displayed unedited in digest form.
* Please display only the relevant parts of quotes in your replies.
* Commands for automated functions (including "signoff lowlands-l") are
  to be sent to listserv at listserv.linguistlist.org or at
  http://linguistlist.org/subscribing/sub-lowlands-l.html.
=======================================================================