From: utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!CAD:tektronix!zehntel!zinfandel!mark Newsgroups: net.nlang Title: Re: Re: Cognates in lots of languages - (nf) Article-I.D.: zehntel.869 Posted: Thu Mar 17 01:21:49 1983 Received: Tue Mar 22 06:39:26 1983 #R:cca:-443700:zinfandel:9300014:000:398 zinfandel!mark Mar 15 20:58:00 1983 Yes, in fact the Moors brought dates all the way to England, where they were a favorite food. In fact, the Moors couldn't bring enough to keep the English happy. They were always out of dates, waiting for the next shipment to arrive. "When will our dates arrive?" they would ask the Moors. And the Moors would answer "tamara". Cognates abound. :-) Mark Wittenberg ...!decvax!sytek!zehntel!mark