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L O W L A N D S - L - 04 August 2011 - Volume 03<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>From: <span class="gI"><span class="gD" style="color:#790619">Mark and Ruth Dreyer</span> <span class="go"><a href="mailto:mrdreyer@lantic.net">mrdreyer@lantic.net</a></span></span><br>
Subject: <span class="gI">LL-L "Etymology" 2011.08.03 (02) [AF-EN]</span><br><br>
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<div>Dear Mark:</div>
<div>Subject: LL-L "Etymology"</div>
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<div>Your note follows:</div>
<div> I aught just to point out that the term
'hawe' in 'haweloos' has no relation to 'hawel' as in 'rondavel' (English
'hovel'). Actually, 'hawe' means either 'harbour' (where ships dock) or
'haven' (a refuge) depending on context. Undoubtably, the man in question
was thereby identified as one 'with no fixed abode'; a bum or a hobo in
American?</div>
<div> I am however open to persuasion that
all these terms reach back to one Germanic word. Even the English 'haven'
& 'harbour' offer promise of extensive etymological diversion.</div>
<div> Yrs,</div>
<div>Mark Dreyer</div><div class="im">
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<div style="margin-left: 40px; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">I saw just this morning a story on the Nuus24 website in
Afrikaans about the "hawelose" man who jumped over the fence at the White House.
I take that to mean he was "hovel-less" meaning homeless. If you'd like to see
it the opening paragraph is: Washington – ‘n Hawelose man het ‘n groot oproer by
die Withuis veroorsaak toe hy hier oor ‘n heining gespring het en ‘n
sekerheidsalarm laat afgaan het.<br><br>Mark Brooks</div></div></div><div>
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