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Re: A Writing on Speechken (was: An ungothroughsome riddle)

From:Steg Belsky <draqonfayir@...>
Date:Friday, March 9, 2001, 5:29
On Thu, 8 Mar 2001 14:23:55 -0500 John Cowan <jcowan@...>
writes:
> Steg Belsky wrote: > >> Go for it, O Roof-wyrm.
> > Okay, i get the "wyrm" part, if you're doing something with my > email > > address.... but where does "roof" come from? Isn't "fire" a > perfectly > > good native Germanic word? And if it has nothing to do with my > email > > address, what is it? :-)
> It's your name: stegos < Greek 'roof'; English "thatch" is cognate. > -- > There is / one art || John Cowan > <jcowan@...>
- Ah! That makes much more sense now. -Stephen (Steg) goes off to nest in some unsuspecting villager's ceiling...

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