looks like they grow etymological lemons there too
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>From: David Mark >Reply-To: BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com >To: BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com >Subject: Re: [BoundaryPoint] Re: greconym for boundary specialist? >Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2002 22:35:46 -0500 (EST) > >The city of "Limone" in northern Italy (http://www.limone.com/) is named >not for the fruit ("limoni") but for being near the limit or boundary... >of something... Even though they grow lemons there... > >On Thu, 21 Mar 2002, acroorca2002 wrote: > > > well that is fine but even in fractured french limologie is still a > > dog latin haplology for what would have had to produce either > > limitologie or liminologie in properly bastardized grecolatin french > > > > this is because there never was nor is nor can there ever be any > > properly latin combining form in lim or limo alone > > > > lim needs the additional syllable found in either limin or limit to > > mean anything at all having to do with boundaries > > > > but it is just a question of how mongrelly & barbarian is too much > > > > trust me > > > > m > > > > --- In BoundaryPoint@y..., David Mark wrote: > > > I definitely did not mean "limNology". (I don't see why limnology, > > the > > > term for lake science, would apply to all interests in political > > > boundaries.) > > > > > > I am sure that a guy named Yaives Ferland told me about someone in > > Quebec > > > who was a border specialist and used a term like "limologie" to > > describe > > > the topic... > > > > > > David > > > > > > On Tue, 15 Jan 2002, granthutchison wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > Limologist? > > > > > > > > > > > > I think that is used for people who study boundaries... > > > > > > > > > > > > David > > > > > > > > > > i also seem to recall having seen this word limologist somewhere > > > > > > > > Are you guys thinking of limnologist? From Greek limne, a lake - > > > > someone who studies sedimentary processes etc in standing water. > > > > > > > > G > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to > > http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > > > > > >