Talk:Dolos

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[edit] Photo

I know, I know: if it is unusually-shaped we should have a decent photo. I'll do my best. --Adam Brink 07:41, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Etymology

A nice article. You write that 'there is a competing theory that [the word] refers to doll oxen as ox vertebrae were used by children as toy oxen. While such a practice did, and may still, exist, the etymology is unlikely as the Afrikaans word for doll is poppie'. But my copy of Boshoff and Nienaber's 'Afrikaanse Etimologieë' supports this theory, stating that the word comes from the Dutch 'dollen', the verb 'to play' with the word 'os' added for 'oxen'. They compare this to 'kleios' - 'clay' plus 'oxen' for clay ox toys. (Afrikaanse Etimologieë, SPE Boshoff and GS Nienaber, Die Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns, 1967). If Adam Brink has no objections I intend changing this section to reflect this. --Queequeg Pequod 06:46, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

Thanks, you are quite right. You should just edit it boldly, though... --Adam Brink 07:08, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

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