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- From: casspa@atlantis.CS.ORST.EDU (Paul Cass)
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- Subject: Re: Nomenclature./Men are Not witches!
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- Date: 23 Dec 92 21:27:22 GMT
- References: <1992Dec18.212725.23970@athena.cs.uga.edu> <1992Dec21.223924.19132@radian.uucp> <1992Dec22.210228.18993@HQ.Ileaf.COM>
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- In article <1992Dec22.210228.18993@HQ.Ileaf.COM> rap@HQ.Ileaf.COM (Roger Powell) writes:
- >
- >Okay, time for a short etymology lesson.
- >
- >Middle English:
- >wicca (pron. Witch-ah) - A male witch. (We've been around for a _long_ _time_)
- >wicce (pron. Witch-eh) - A female witch.
- > [Both of the above lose the final vowel and become 'witch' in Modern English]
- >wiccan (pron. Witch-an) - Witches.
- >
- I was reading "Tam O'Shanter" by Robert Burns yesterday and in the back
- there was a short Gaelic dictionary. _Carlin_ was listed as a word for
- witch. Can anyone verify this?
- Paul
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