From: Barry Garcia (barry_garcia@csumb.edu)
Date: Wed May 01 2002 - 14:17:21 EST
romanceconlang@yahoogroups.com writes:
>Yeah, I think this is definitely what C-o is going to do. Yeah, I like
>the
>"linda" ambiguity. It could make for some nice poetic twists since linda
>*could* be the word for beautiful in C-o, too. Where does linda come
>from?
>Beautiful seems to come from a lot of different sources in Romance.
>
>Adam
I wonder if it might have been a slang word originally? Kind of like testa
> tete in French (excuse the lack of any accents, breve or grave or
circumflex :)). I reaaaally should have copied down as many words I could
from that Spanish etymological dictionary I borrowed months ago. It was
quite valuable. I guess i'll have to extrapolate.
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