Re: taras
- From: "mb" <azythos2@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: 29 Oct 2006 20:05:07 -0800
Franz Gnaedinger wrote:
mb wrote:
Car TYRes were so named because they overcome the friction of the soil.
They stopped doing so in the US, though.
Welcome in the Magdalenian club. You are now a provisional
member.
Thanks, I'm flattered.
If you want to become a regular member in the full
rights please give us a complete deduction of (car) tyres from
Magdalenian TYR --- he who overcomes, inverse of RYT ---
spear fighter, lance thrower, archer.
Uh-unh. The inverse of overcome being undercome, all I need is to
observe that what is "ueberRYTte" *comes under* something.
A hint: one may say that
a tyre overcomes the ridge of the wheel over which it is drawn,
metal tyres roll over the rails, and, most important, consider
the double meaning of French tirer, to pull, draw, and to fire,
shoot ...
Before I consider tirare and progeny, I need proof that orthographic
variants with i are kosher.
In the name of the Magdalenian commitee
Franz Gnaedinger
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