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@...>
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Ah! That makes much more sense now.
-Stephen (Steg) goes off to nest in some unsuspecting villager's
ceiling...