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  • From: "K. Jo Garner" <kelly AT metalab.unc.edu>
  • To: "Internetworkers: http://www.ibiblio.org/internetworkers/" <internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [internetworkers] "map"
  • Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2005 19:13:50 -0400 (EDT)

On Mon, 25 Jul 2005, Michael Best wrote:
->Etymology: Medieval Latin mappa, from Latin, napkin, towel
->(http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=map)

Does definition follow function here? (or, how many napkins have been used
for direction-giving since the word came into being?) I guess it's easier
to write on now that napkins are paper. Would have sucked to give away
your linen napkins to show someone where the next town to pillage was. :P

Cheers
KJ

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