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[Facts] Re: VIOLA from the Greek ION?
by
Miranda
(Randee15)
6/26/2006, 12:31 PM
in reply to
a message by Andy ;—)
From what I can tell, the flower was named from Latin
viola
"violet".
Sometimes a word ultimately just means "a sound we use to refer to a specific thing".
Miranda
Proud adopter of 15 punctuation marks; see my profile for their names.
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VIOLA from the Greek ION?
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Andy ;—)
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6/26/2006, 6:43 AM
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Re: VIOLA from the Greek ION?
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morfydd
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6/26/2006, 12:03 PM
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Re: VIOLA from the Greek ION?
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Andy ;—)
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6/26/2006, 12:19 PM
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Re: VIOLA from the Greek ION?
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Miranda
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6/26/2006, 12:31 PM
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Where are you Greek-Freaks out there?
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Andy ;—)
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6/26/2006, 12:58 PM
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Furthermore...
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Pavlos
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6/26/2006, 11:09 PM
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Re: Where are you Greek-Freaks out there?
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Pavlos the Greak Freak
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6/26/2006, 11:03 PM
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ION, Athens, and the flower
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Andy ;—)
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6/27/2006, 12:56 AM
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Ionians are not purple!
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Pavlos
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6/27/2006, 1:18 AM
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But they do grow in flower beds!
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Andy ;—)
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6/27/2006, 1:51 AM
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Re: But they do grow in flower beds!
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Pavlos
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6/29/2006, 2:12 AM
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The link doesn't seem to work …
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Andy ;—)
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6/30/2006, 3:52 AM
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Re: Where are you Greek-Freaks out there?
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Anneza
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6/26/2006, 11:28 PM
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Not so!
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Pavlos
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6/27/2006, 1:09 AM