From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 15 18:13:05 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5C22D37B401 for ; Tue, 15 Apr 2003 18:13:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ntli.com (pc1-glfd2-4-cust59.glfd.cable.ntl.com [81.99.187.59]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4C91443FA3 for ; Tue, 15 Apr 2003 18:13:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from william@palfreman.com) Received: from aqua.lan.palfreman.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ntli.com (8.12.3p2/8.12.3) with ESMTP id h3G1K0uG023411; Wed, 16 Apr 2003 02:20:00 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from william@palfreman.com) Received: from localhost (william@localhost)h3G1K0BL023408; Wed, 16 Apr 2003 02:20:00 +0100 (BST) X-Authentication-Warning: aqua.lan.palfreman.com: william owned process doing -bs Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2003 02:20:00 +0100 (BST) From: William Palfreman To: Colin Percival In-Reply-To: <5.0.2.1.1.20030416010620.0310a270@popserver.sfu.ca> Message-ID: <20030416021108.H57044@ndhn.yna.cnyserzna.pbz> References: <3E9C6992.90403@potentialtech.com> <5.0.2.1.1.20030416010620.0310a270@popserver.sfu.ca> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT cc: sereciya@kurdistan.ath.cx cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD logo... X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2003 01:13:05 -0000 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.