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romanceconlang@yahoogroups.com writes: >Yeah, I think this is definitely what C-o is going to do. Yeah, I like >the >"linda" ambiguity. It could make for some nice poetic twists since linda >*could* be the word for beautiful in C-o, too. Where does linda come >from? >Beautiful seems to come from a lot of different sources in Romance. > >Adam I wonder if it might have been a slang word originally? Kind of like testa > tete in French (excuse the lack of any accents, breve or grave or circumflex :)). I reaaaally should have copied down as many words I could from that Spanish etymological dictionary I borrowed months ago. It was quite valuable. I guess i'll have to extrapolate.