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===========================================<br></div><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="gI"><span class="gD" style="color: rgb(0, 104, 28);"><a href="mailto:clarkedavid8@aol.com">clarkedavid8@aol.com</a></span></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="gI">LL-L "Etymology" 2009.11.23 (01) [EN<br><br></span><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
I heard a story about
the eymology of the word "kangaroo". When Captain Cook reached
Australia, just as this strange animal was spotted on the shore and
people were asking each other what it was, a Scottish crew member who
was stuck in the toilet shouted "Ah cann' ga' roo'" and the name
stuck. I am sceptical about this story, as I can't remember any
mention of toilets with closing doors in the novels of O'Brien.</div>
<div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Â </div>
<div><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">David Clarke</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;">----------</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 <</span><a style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" href="mailto:sassisch@yahoo.com" target="_blank">sassisch@yahoo.com</a><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><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">That's a good one, David. ;-)</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;">I wonder if a book-size collection of folk etymologies has ever been published.</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;">Seriously, though, the etymology is unclear, according to the </span><i style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Oxford English Dictionary</i><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">:</span><br>
<br><div style="margin-left: 40px;"><font style="font-family: times new roman,serif;" size="2">Â Cook and Banks believed it to be the name given to the animal
by the natives at Endeavour River, Queensland, and there is later
affirmation of its use elsewhere. On the other hand, there are express
statements to the contrary (see quots. below), showing that the word,
if ever current in this sense, was merely local, or had become
obsolete. The common assertion that it really means ‘I don't
understand’ (the supposed reply of the native to his questioner) seems
to be of recent origin and lacks confirmation. (See Morris <i>Austral English</i> s.v.) </font><br></div><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">By the way, in my last posting I left out a word:</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><div style="margin-left: 40px; color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Founded as a fishing village in 1535, Altona was given city rights by
Denmark's King Frederik III in 1664. It played an important role as a
Danish city that could be reached from Hamburg's city walls by just a
short <b>walk</b>. Altona used to house a major Jewish community. Because Hamburg
severely restricted the number of resident Jews until 1864 (with one
break: 1811-1815), most Jews lived in Altona and worked in Hamburg
which was sometimes independent and sometimes under Prussian power.<br></div><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Regards,</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Reinhard/Ron</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Seattle, USA</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
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