<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">L O W L A N D S - L  -  19 November 2007 - Volume 02
</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Song Contest: <a href="http://lowlands-l.net/contest/">lowlands-l.net/contest/</a> (- 31 Dec. 2007)</span>
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<br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">From: </span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="HcCDpe"><span class="EP8xU" style="color: rgb(0, 104, 28);">
Brooks, Mark</span> <span class="lDACoc"><<a href="mailto:mark.brooks@twc.state.tx.us">mark.brooks@twc.state.tx.us</a>></span></span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Subject: </span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="HcCDpe">LL-L "Morphology" 2007.11.16 (09) [E]<br></span><p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<font size="4"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Ron wrote:</span></font></p>



<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><font size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">"Linguistic terms are usually Latin-derived while most
health-care terms are Greek-derived."</span></font></p>



<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><font size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Sorry, but I like the Greek one better.  I mean, if you want
to sound truly learned, Greek takes the cake.  (By the way, where does "taking
the cake" come from?)  Metharmchariterpnotize has a certain unpronounceable
caché that can really one-up someone.</span></font></p>



<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><font size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Then, there's always that lovely word "metathesis."  Does it
come from Greek?</span></font></p>



<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><font size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Regards,</span></font></p>

<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><font size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Mark Brooks</span></font></p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">----------</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">From: R. F. Hahn <<a href="mailto:sassisch@yahoo.com">sassisch@yahoo.com</a></span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="HcCDpe">
<span class="lDACoc">></span></span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Subject: Etymology
</span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="HcCDpe"><br><br>Yes, Mark. "Methathesis" comes from Greek <i>μετάθεσις metáthesis</i> < <i>μετα</i><i>- </i><i>meta-</i> 'with', 'after', 'between' (from the same origin as the Germanic "mid" group) + 
<i>θέσισ thésis</i> 'putting', 'placing'.<br><br>Regards,<br>Reinhard/Ron</span><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" face="Berlin Sans FB" size="4"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><br></span>
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