[Facts] Re: For anyone who speaks Hebrew... (warning-contains swear words)
Ship high in transit, for unlawful carnal knowledge and an-uncommon-word-in-general-parlance under the knowledge of the king are probably the most common utterly improbable and false folk etymologies I see popping up in the most unexpected places. scitan is old english, used long before manure was transported by ships across oceans. The indo european root is probably skei- (to split): no wonder us scientists b******t so much.
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Re: For anyone who speaks Hebrew... (warning-contains swear words)  ·  Miss Claire  ·  6/7/2005, 9:56 AM
Re: For anyone who speaks Hebrew... (warning-contains swear words)  ·  Anneza  ·  6/7/2005, 4:38 AM
Re: For anyone who speaks Hebrew... (warning-contains swear words)  ·  oneway21001  ·  6/27/2005, 8:53 PM
Re: For anyone who speaks Hebrew... (warning-contains swear words)  ·  Andy ;—)  ·  6/28/2005, 4:07 AM
Re: For anyone who speaks Hebrew... (warning-contains swear words)  ·  তন্ময় ভট  ·  6/28/2005, 4:14 PM
Re: For anyone who speaks Hebrew...  ·  ירד  ·  6/7/2005, 12:39 AM
Re: For anyone who speaks Hebrew...  ·  Andy ;—)  ·  6/7/2005, 6:05 AM
Re: For anyone who speaks Hebrew...  ·  יֶרֶד  ·  6/9/2005, 2:07 PM
Re: For anyone who speaks Hebrew...  ·  তন্ময় ভট  ·  6/9/2005, 8:52 PM
Re: For anyone who speaks Hebrew...  ·  יֶרֶד  ·  6/10/2005, 2:09 PM
Re: For anyone who speaks Hebrew...  ·  donna238  ·  6/9/2005, 6:59 AM
Re: For anyone who speaks Hebrew...  ·  Andy ;—)  ·  6/9/2005, 1:03 PM
Re: For anyone who speaks Hebrew...  ·  Miss Claire  ·  6/7/2005, 9:54 AM
Another, perhaps not-so-scholarly take...  ·  Miranda  ·  6/7/2005, 11:51 AM
Re: For anyone who speaks Hebrew...  ·  তন্ময় ভট  ·  6/7/2005, 6:29 AM
Re: For anyone who speaks Hebrew... (warning-contains swear words)  ·  Andy ;—)  ·  6/6/2005, 10:30 PM