(urth) Etymology/meaning/onomatopoeic aspects of the word "Urth"

[David Duffy]

On Fri, 25 Apr 2008, Michael Straight wrote:

> On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 2:46 PM, Jeff Wilson <jwilson at io.com> wrote:
>> Michael Straight wrote:
>
>> > Also, there just aren't many English words that start with "ur".
>>
>>  Urania of Uranus urgently yet urbanely urinated uranium hexafluoride on
>>  the urban landscape, abating the urticaria of Urkel, an Uruguayan ursine.
>
> To make it clear to our Czech friends, only seven of those words are
> commonly used in English.  (Eight if you count the borderline
> "ursine").
>
> And that's really about it.  Urchin, urethra, and a few more words
> derived from either urine or urban.  Glancing though the dictionary, I
> don't see any other "ur-" words that I've even seen before.
>
> -- Rostrum

ur-text ;)


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