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From the Adelaide 'Advertiser'
-- Cheers Dave Kearton |
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"Dave Kearton" wrote in message
... From the Adelaide 'Advertiser' The OED sees this etymology as less likely than the Romance language origins from mediæval Latin words for oar and rudder, and by derivation, steersman, through Portuguese and Spanish, to the French "pilote." -- Andrew Chaplin SIT MIHI GLADIUS SICUT SANCTO MARTINO (If you're going to e-mail me, you'll have to get "yourfinger." out.) |
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![]() "Andrew Chaplin" wrote in message ... The OED sees this etymology as less likely than the Romance language origins from mediæval Latin words for oar and rudder, and by derivation, steersman, through Portuguese and Spanish, to the French "pilote." -- Andrew Chaplin SIT MIHI GLADIUS SICUT SANCTO MARTINO (If you're going to e-mail me, you'll have to get "yourfinger." out.) Yeah but Dave's was funnier........... Bruce |
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