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To: Rambi who wrote (35655)	10/26/2001 12:14:37 PM
From: thames_sider	Respond to of 82486

I don't think I've ever heard the noun used in Latin - presumably to refer to 'a black' must have been sufficiently common parlance even then... I can't think what else it would mean. But yes, I'm surprised that if they give an etymology they don't go to the root words...

To: Rambi who wrote (35655)	10/26/2001 4:39:27 PM
From: cosmicforce	Respond to of 82486

It is also part of the name of Aspergillis Niger, a common black mold that occasionally causes disease. The river too, of course. But, you know, when I was young I was a map collector. I have some 1965 prints of c.1931 masters of USGS maps of the Tahoe Area. Old N____r Joe canyon has been renamed to Old Negro Joe canyon. But we may see another name change as that name is now offensive too. I cherish my Punkin Center map reference which I related a few weeks ago (maybe on KissyKissy).