Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2003 02:20:00 +0100 (BST) From: William Palfreman <william@palfreman.com> To: Colin Percival <colin.percival@wadham.ox.ac.uk> Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD logo... Message-ID: <20030416021108.H57044@ndhn.yna.cnyserzna.pbz> In-Reply-To: <5.0.2.1.1.20030416010620.0310a270@popserver.sfu.ca> References: <XFMail.030415142305.nicole@unixgirl.com> <3E9C6992.90403@potentialtech.com> <5.0.2.1.1.20030416010620.0310a270@popserver.sfu.ca>
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On Wed, 16 Apr 2003, Colin Percival wrote:
> You'd better explain that to the OED editors, then. They list "faer" as
> meaning "a going, journeying; course, passage, way; voyage" dating back to
> c1000, and "fara" as meaning "to journey, travel, make one's way" back to
> 971. ("fair", "faron", "faren", and "farand" are also used in the same
> meaning over the next few centuries.)
Don't forget ferry. Oder F„hre auf deutsch. Und Fahren. They all have
the same root.
Bill.
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