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Many thanks, Robert
It was the indirect use of the word I was looking for, and you gave me a good explanation, thanks. The word itself comes from the Turkish river Menderes, which in ancient Greek times was called Maiandros, and I knew the word maiander for a patterned ribbon.
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Sven
The NEW name for General Watch Discussion Forum is now ...
Horological Meandering aka "HOME" After a week of deliberation, the PuristSPro team decided on HO rological ME andering aka " HOME " as the new name for the General Watch Discussion forum. Please give a huge congratulations to MarkS for his creative submi...
Congrats to MarkS ... and a linguistic question
I have never seen the word meandering before, so I consulted my dictionary to find out - yet I am not quite sure I understand the subtlety of the special semantic construction "Horological Meandering". I'd appreciate an enlightening explanation - many tha...
Meander
Meander derives from the name of a winding river. In general, in English, it first means the winding path of any river or stream. In English, at least American English, it is used figuratively, usually having to do with walking not aimlessly but indirectl...
