Re: Nice find
From: | Barry Garcia <barry_garcia@...> |
Date: | Tuesday, October 2, 2001, 23:33 |
CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU writes:
>It's online?? Where? Where!?
No, it's not online, i searched for it through Interlibrary loan at my
university. THis particular book belongs to UC Irvine.
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>I'm sure Elsevier only contains the most scrupulous scholarship-- but IMHO
>that etymology seems worthy of St. Isidore of Seville (e.g. vulpes 'fox' <
>vul = vol(a)- 'fly' and pes 'foot', "fleet of foot". Right) ;-)
I dont know, it sounds quite plausible: abre ojos! - open (your) eyes!, or
"watch out!"
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