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  1. Original post
    Otb
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    Does anyone know the derivation of this word? I understand
    that is essentially means one's cycling resume but what
    language is it, etc?

    Just curious

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  2. Richard Adams
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    [email hidden] (OTB) wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...

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    Does anyone know the derivation of this word? I understand
    that is essentially means one's cycling resume but what
    language is it, etc?

    Just curious

    Palmarès: noun, french; honors, awards, recognition.
    Probably originally derived from latin, tho I'm no
    latin scholar.

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  3. Benjo Maso
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    Quoted message said:

    Does anyone know the derivation of this word? I
    understand that is essentially means one's cycling
    resume but what language is it, etc?

    Just curious

    Palmarès: noun, french; honors, awards, recognition.
    Probably originally derived from latin,

    Yes, it is. It's from "palmaris", "he who merits a palm".

    Benjo Maso

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  4. Robert Chung
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    benjo maso said:

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    Does anyone know the derivation of this word? I
    understand that is essentially means one's cycling
    resume but what language is it, etc?

    Just curious

    Palmarès: noun, french; honors, awards, recognition.
    Probably originally derived from latin,

    Yes, it is. It's from "palmaris", "he who merits a palm".

    What's the Latin for "he who merits a back of the hand?"

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  5. Steven L. Sheff
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    On 05/03/2004 11:27 PM, in article
    [email hidden], "Robert Chung" <[email hidden]>

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    benjo maso said:

    "Richard Adams" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    > Does anyone know the derivation of this word? I
    > understand that is essentially means one's cycling
    > resume but what language is it, etc?
    >
    > Just curious

    Palmarès: noun, french; honors, awards, recognition.
    Probably originally derived from latin,

    Yes, it is. It's from "palmaris", "he who merits a palm".

    What's the Latin for "he who merits a back of the hand?"

    There's so many .... Like "Kunichus" and "Trdinas"

    --
    Steven L. Sheffield stevens at veloworks dot com veloworks
    at worldnet dot ay tea tee dot net bellum pax est libertas
    servitus est ignoratio vis est ess ay ell tea ell ay kay ee
    sea aye tee why you ti ay aitch aitch tee tea pea colon [for
    word] slash [four ward] slash double-you double-yew double-
    ewe dot veloworks dot com [four word] slash

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  6. Ewoud Dronkert
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    Steven L. Sheffield said:
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    What's the Latin for "he who merits a back of the hand?"

    "Trdinas"

    That's Greek, dumbass.

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  7. Jay Hill
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    Yes, it is. It's from "palmaris", "he who merits a palm".

    What's the Latin for "he who merits a back of the hand?"

    There's so many .... Like "Kunichus" and "Trdinas"


    Almost got a spit take on that one.

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  8. Tom Kunich
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    "Robert Chung" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    benjo maso said:

    "Richard Adams" <[email hidden]> wrote in
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    [email hidden] (OTB) wrote in message


    news:<[email hidden]-
    om>...

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    > Does anyone know the derivation of this word? I
    > understand that is essentially means one's cycling
    > resume but what language is it, etc?
    >
    > Just curious

    Palmarès: noun, french; honors, awards, recognition.
    Probably originally derived from latin,

    Yes, it is. It's from "palmaris", "he who merits a
    palm".

    What's the Latin for "he who merits a back of the hand?"

    A word that sounds remarkably like "Chung".

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  9. Tom Kunich
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    "Ewoud Dronkert" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    On Tue, 04 May 2004 11:16:20 GMT, Steven L.

    Sheffield said:
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    What's the Latin for "he who merits a back of the
    hand?"

    "Trdinas"

    That's Greek, dumbass.

    As much as I would hate to claim him, I understand that
    Trdina, like half of my family, are Croatian.

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  10. Carl Sundquist
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    "Tom Kunich" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    "Ewoud Dronkert" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    On Tue, 04 May 2004 11:16:20 GMT, Steven L. Sheffield

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    > What's the Latin for "he who merits a back of the
    > hand?"

    "Trdinas"

    That's Greek, dumbass.

    As much as I would hate to claim him, I understand that
    Trdina, like half


    of

    Quoted message said:

    my family, are Croatian.

    If you're lucky, he might be a first cousin of yours.

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  11. Tom Kunich
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    "Tom Kunich" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:-
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    On Tue, 04 May 2004 11:16:20 GMT, Steven L. Sheffield
    wrote:
    >> What's the Latin for "he who merits a back of the
    >> hand?"
    >
    > "Trdinas"

    That's Greek, dumbass.

    As much as I would hate to claim him, I understand that
    Trdina, like


    half

    Quoted message said:

    of

    Quoted message said:

    my family, are Croatian.

    If you're lucky, he might be a first cousin of yours.

    I'd never be first cousin to a monkey.

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  12. Steven L. Sheff
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    On 05/05/2004 06:56 AM, in article
    [email hidden], "Tom Kunich"

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    "Carl Sundquist" <[email hidden]> wrote in
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    "Tom Kunich" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news-
    :[email hidden]...

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    "Ewoud Dronkert" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    > On Tue, 04 May 2004 11:16:20 GMT, Steven L. Sheffield
    > wrote:
    >>> What's the Latin for "he who merits a back of the
    >>> hand?"
    >>
    >> "Trdinas"
    >
    > That's Greek, dumbass.

    As much as I would hate to claim him, I understand that
    Trdina, like


    half

    Quoted message said:

    of

    Quoted message said:

    my family, are Croatian.

    If you're lucky, he might be a first cousin of yours.

    I'd never be first cousin to a monkey.

    Nope ... Just one's girlfriend.

    --
    Steven L. Sheffield stevens at veloworks dot com veloworks
    at worldnet dot ay tea tee dot net bellum pax est libertas
    servitus est ignoratio vis est ess ay ell tea ell ay kay ee
    sea aye tee why you ti ay aitch aitch tee tea pea colon [for
    word] slash [four ward] slash double-you double-yew double-
    ewe dot veloworks dot com [four word] slash

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