--- On Sat, 8/8/09, Deepa Mohan <[email protected]> wrote:
> From: Deepa Mohan <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [silk] Can't seem to find the word > To: [email protected] > Date: Saturday, 8 August, 2009, 12:07 AM > On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 9:46 PM, > Indrajit Gupta <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > > > Why, what have you got against 'Adelphe'? > > > > I googled that...and the first link was: > > > > http://www.thinkbabynames.com/meaning/1/Adelphe > > "means brother"....and it's obviously a variant of Hitler's > name, > too....humph, to use one of your words, IG! > > it was only the second link that gave me, " means, dear > sister in Greek" > > http://www.babyzone.com/babynames/girl/Adelphe > > ...with that terrible picture.... > > so, wood-dweller, I don't want a word that seems to mean > both brother and > sister.... That would be 'adelphos' and 'adelphe'. ;-)
