--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rory Goff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, anonymousff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > You thought it was just a meaningless sound? :) > > > > The extra "reg" and "e for a" switch is a mid 1600s form of the word > > used by alchemists -- that means "really aggravated". At least thats > > the roomer. > > And as any dedicated etymologist, philologist, or linguist > knows, "roomer" is the original Middle English form of "rumor" (and I > suppose "rumour"), and as such is much preferred by true purists :-)
Ah then you are familiar with middle english "hoomer". Oddly close to Homer. D'oh! To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
