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Subject: [OM] Re: Ashley Northamptonshire #3
From: Chris Barker <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2004 20:21:36 +0100
Sorry Winsor, forgot the smiley.  Thanks for the etymology... or is it 
entymology ;-)

Chris

On 28 Apr 2004, at 18:57, Winsor Crosby wrote:

>
> Of course I was kidding. I thought the change of the name was one of
> the dumber marketing ploys here. I checked my dictionary and evidently
> rapeseed oil was a move to more gentility. It was originally just
> called rape(a member of the mustard family) and the product was rape
> oil(gasp!). The root is Greek and moved to Latin and then to middle
> English in 1300-1400.
>
> On Apr 28, 2004, at 8:44 AM, Chris Barker wrote:
>
>>
>> As you wish Winsor.... I wonder where the name came from.
>>
>> Chris
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