Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site rtech.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!ihnp4!zehntel!vlsvax1!qantel!dual!unisoft!mtxinu!rtech!jeff From: jeff@rtech.ARPA (Jeff Lichtman) Newsgroups: net.nlang Subject: What is origin of "korl"? Message-ID: <202@rtech.ARPA> Date: Sun, 3-Mar-85 03:58:45 EST Article-I.D.: rtech.202 Posted: Sun Mar 3 03:58:45 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 6-Mar-85 04:44:59 EST Distribution: net Organization: Relational Technology, Berkeley CA Lines: 13 A friend of mine is writing a play based on a story written by a woman in a steel town during the industrial revolution. I don't remember the title of the story, but it contains the world "korl", which was a by-product of the steel-making process. I say "was" because I can't find the word "korl" in my dictionary (Webster's 2nd), so it's possible that current steel-making techniques don't produce korl. Does anyone know the origin of this word? Some clues are that the author of the story was Welsh, and korl was a soft and porous material that was used for carving. -- Jeff Lichtman at rtech (Relational Technology, Inc.) aka Swazoo Koolak