[Groop]Did I Err?

Azamin Zainol Abidin azamin7@pd.jaring.my
Sun, 24 Nov 2002 18:35:19 +0800


Maybe the latin word came from Groo.. As Groo always erred.. and he's a
wanderer.. so the roman took his name to describe grooed as err...

Fitzwilliam Darcy wrote:

> What I found most interesting about Eric's dictionary reference regarding
> the word "Err" was the origin of the word at dictionary.com:  "Middle
> English erren, from Old French errer, from Latin errre, to wander."
>
> Groo the Wanderer must err!
>
> >From: "E C" <mightyhero@mail.com>
> >To: groop@groo.com
> >Subject: Re: [Groop]Did I Err?
> >Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2002 20:57:19 +0100
> >
> >Hi guys/grrls!
> >
> >Larry wrote:
> > > For some reason, more people come up to me and say
> > > "Did I RRR?" (rhymes with "Her") than pronounce it
> > > "Did I Err?" (Rhymes with "Air, Hair, Despair, Bear,
> > > Where, There, Nightmare, Medium-Rare,
> > > Please-Don't-Stare,  and British Prime Minister Tony
> > > Blair").
> >
> >http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=err
> >
> >Both pronu