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    1. Re: [ORCADIA] The Gripping Beast
    2. dear dron

    3. 2007/8/27, Anne Slater <[email protected]>: > > Absolutely "Latinized"is correct. > >From Sigurd's introduction to the Orkneyjar site: > "Pronounced "orc-nee-yahr", the name is generally taken to mean Seal > Islands - the Norsemen's interpretation of the islands' older name. > However, the Ork- element predates the Norse interpretation by > centuries. So now we know about Ork-/Orc-. But it's still interesting where the element -n- in Orkney/Orkneyjar comes from? Now, a question for you, Andrei: What is the meaning of "dear dron"?? > > Anne, polyglot lover of words and names Well, it's a parody on Status Quo's song title "Dear John" where "Dron" is a Russian slang version of my name :)) nothing apart from that. Andrei

    08/27/2007 10:27:09
    1. Re: [ORCADIA] The Gripping Beast
    2. Anne Slater

    3. Maybe from the sound the seals make??? Ork ork.... Onomatopoeia reigns Anne On 8/27/07, dear dron <[email protected]> wrote: > So now we know about Ork-/Orc-. But it's still interesting where the element > -n- in Orkney/Orkneyjar comes from?

    08/27/2007 02:31:16
    1. Re: [ORCADIA] The Gripping Beast
    2. Charles Tait

    3. I am happy with seal islands but who ever said ork for sea pig or sear is norse. Like many words it is likely very old Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device -----Original Message----- From: "Anne Slater" <[email protected]> Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2007 08:31:16 To:[email protected] Subject: Re: [ORCADIA] The Gripping Beast Maybe from the sound the seals make??? Ork ork.... Onomatopoeia reigns Anne On 8/27/07, dear dron <[email protected]> wrote: > So now we know about Ork-/Orc-. But it's still interesting where the element > -n- in Orkney/Orkneyjar comes from? ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

    08/27/2007 07:47:27
    1. Re: [ORCADIA] The Gripping Beast
    2. Isabella Moreland

    3. Hey, that sounds familiar !! Isabella ----- Original Message ----- From: Anne Slater <[email protected]> Date: Monday, August 27, 2007 6:32 am Subject: Re: [ORCADIA] The Gripping Beast To: [email protected] > Maybe from the sound the seals make??? > Ork ork.... > Onomatopoeia reigns > Anne > > On 8/27/07, dear dron <[email protected]> wrote: > > > So now we know about Ork-/Orc-. But it's still interesting > where the element > > -n- in Orkney/Orkneyjar comes from? > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ORCADIA- > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > Isabella

    08/27/2007 11:28:37