Subject: Re: greconym for boundary specialist?<br/>
Date: Mar 21, 2002 @ 17:55<br/>
Author: granthutchison (&quot;granthutchison&quot; &lt;granthutchison@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-1304273798">David:<br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; (I don&#39;t see why limnology, the<br/>
&gt; term for lake science, would apply to all interests in political<br/>
&gt; boundaries.)<br/>
 </span></blockquote>It doesn&#39;t, of course. I advanced it as a real word ending in -ology <br/>
that has the feel of having something to do with boundaries. It&#39;s <br/>
actually from Greek limne (lake), but sounds like it might come from <br/>
Latin limen (threshold), which does give us &quot;liminal&quot; (on the <br/>
threshold or edge).<br/>
BTW: I&#39;m sure Greek limne must be related to Latin limus, mud, which <br/>
has caused me unwitting confusion until this very moment. Shoreline <br/>
birds are called &quot;limicoline&quot;, which I&#39;ve long imagined to have <br/>
something to do with the *edge* of the sea, but which I&#39;ve just found <br/>
out derives from the *mud* of the seashore. <br/>
The OED allows limo-, limose and limous for &quot;pertaining to mud&quot; so I <br/>
guess &quot;limology&quot; is nearer to being a study of mud.<br/>
(Ha. A brown study.)<br/>
<br/>
Grant</div>