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From: <span class="gd"><span style="color: rgb(121, 6, 25);">Otto</span></span><span class="gi"> </span><span class="go"><<a href="mailto:otto@schienke.com">otto@schienke.com</a>></span><br>
Subject: <span class="gi">LL-L "Etymology" 2010.04.13 (01) [EN]</span></p>
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<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">English = room</p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">Hochdeutsch = zimmer</p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">Fryske/Frisian = keamer</p>
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<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">On Apr 13, 2010, at 8:40 PM,
Lowlands-L List wrote:</p>
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<span style="word-spacing: 0px;"></span><span style="color: navy;">From: R. F. Hahn <<a href="mailto:sassisch@yahoo.com" target="_blank"><span style="color: navy;">sassisch@yahoo.com</span></a>></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: navy;">Subject: Etymology</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: navy;">Dear Lowlanders,<br>
<br>
Uh ... Anyone awake perchance?</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: navy;">I've been approached by a non-member in Michigan with a name question:</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: navy;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">My great grandmother
was from Leith, Scotland. She gave my grandmother
the middle name Keamer. According to what I read from your site, does that word
mean "room"? Would Keamer be a typical name?</span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: navy;">Any idea anyone?<br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
Reinhard/Ron<br>
Seattle, USA</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">. . .
Otto </span><span style="color: maroon; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">[Richard O. Schienke]</span><span style="color: black;"></span></p>
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" The Zen moment..." wk. of January 01, 2010-</span></span></p>
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"Satisfaction
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<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">From: <span class="gd"><span style="color: rgb(91, 16, 148);">Sandy Fleming</span></span><span class="gi"> </span><span class="go"><<a href="mailto:sandy@fleimin.demon.co.uk">sandy@fleimin.demon.co.uk</a>></span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">Subject: <span class="gi">LL-L
"Etymology" 2010.04.13 (01) [EN]</span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span class="gi"> </span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">> From: R. F. Hahn <<a href="mailto:sassisch@yahoo.com">sassisch@yahoo.com</a>><br>
></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">> I've been approached by
a non-member in Michigan with a name question:<br>
><br>
> My great grandmother was from Leith,
Scotland. She
gave my grandmother<br>
> the middle name Keamer. According to what I read from your site, does<br>
> that word mean "room"? Would Keamer be a typical name?</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Not in Scotland, no. I
guess this name was taken from a relative, family<br>
acquaintance or place-name overseas.<br>
<span style="color: rgb(136, 136, 136);"><br>
Sandy Fleming<br>
<a href="http://scotstext.org/" target="_blank">http://scotstext.org/</a></span><br style="">
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