--- In [email protected], anonymousff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > You thought it was just a meaningless sound? :) > > The extra "reg" and "e for a" switch is a mid 1600s form of the word > used by alchemists -- that means "really aggravated". At least thats > the roomer. And as any dedicated etymologist, philologist, or linguist knows, "roomer" is the original Middle English form of "rumor" (and I suppose "rumour"), and as such is much preferred by true purists :-) To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
