The word "loon" (was: Re: [tied] Re: Also an Austro-Asiatic Disconn

From: glen gordon
Message: 42010
Date: 2005-11-10

Patrick:
> It is 'loon' rather than your ignorantly misspelled
> "lune".

Actually, the basis of the word "loon" is "lunatic"
which is naturally related to the French word "lune",
the implication being that crazy people are driven
to madness by way of the moon. We now know that the
likelier causes for the apparent madness may be
things like drug intoxication or endogenous chemical
imbalances.


= gLeN




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