> > Trafod yng Nghymraeg, os gwelwch yn dda....... > > [Policy note for English speakers: > This list is for Welsh, as well as for Breton and Cornish. > If you have questions about Welsh language or culture, > especially if you are learning Welsh, you may use English. > Other topics, such as "Electricity and PC's" should be > held in Welsh. > Sorry, but how about those of us that don't have *near* enough Welsh to read, much less comment, on such matters, and don't have our Welsh dictionaries or grammer books at work, yet feel we have something worth adding to the thread? mark -- /*___________________________________________________________________________* * 1. How *DARE* you attribute these opinions to anyone else! * * 2. Would *you* claim opinions like these if they *weren't your own? * * * * markbr@radian * *___________________________________________________________________________*/ Etymology, n.: Some early etymological scholars come up with derivations that were hard for the public to believe. The term "etymology" was formed from the Latin "etus" ("eaten"), the root "mal" ("bad"), and "logy" ("study of"). It meant "the study of things that are hard to swallow." -- Mike Kellen