----- Original Message ----- From: <HudsonK@aol.com> To: <ALMORGAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, July 14, 2000 12:10 AM Subject: [ALMORGAN] Re: THE HERITAGE OF MORGAN CO, AL > Oh the books thickness is 2 3/4" <GR> but I still don't know what a "dooby" > is..LOL > Per Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary (WWWebster Dictionary copyright © 2000 by Merriam-Webster, Incorporated) : Main Entry: do·er Pronunciation: 'dü-&r Function: noun Date: 14th century : one that takes an active part <a thinker or a doer> Per Tricia's Southern Heritage and Modern Day Slaughtered English Dictionary (A Mother's Expanding Vocabulary © 1974 by TRH) : Main Entry: doo·by Pronunciation: 'dü-bee Function: noun Etymology: Middle American parent-child interaction, from an old mother housed too many years with too many children, from slaughter of doer Date: 20th century : one that takes an active part in helping others (sometimes measuring books in their leisure time) <a thinker and a doer, and sometimes measurer>