From: utzoo!decvax!yale-com!brunix!jss Newsgroups: net.nlang Title: a puzzle Article-I.D.: brunix.1267 Posted: Wed Jan 19 22:17:57 1983 Received: Sun Feb 6 02:54:16 1983 two english words which are spelled the same, pronounced the same, have different meanings and completely diffferent etymologies. one comes from Latin, the other from German. Shakespeare used them for a well-known pun. judith schrier ...!{decvax,vax135}!brunix!jss