To: Khepera
spelunca = late latin for cave or grotto, dude. Ain't a made up word atall.
To: Kenny Bunk
"spelunca = late latin for cave or grotto, dude. Ain't a made up word atall." Okay, but, kemosabe is a hollwood made up word used in the Lone Ranger series.
19 posted on
09/22/2003 11:44:03 AM PDT by
blam
To: Kenny Bunk
Yes it is made up. The Times reporter in question coined it after "Speleologist" which was a person who studied caves scientifically. No term existed for "Sport Cavers" so he made up the word Spelunker.
The term stuck to the chagrin of those who were labeled as such.
20 posted on
09/22/2003 12:20:47 PM PDT by
Khepera
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To: Kenny Bunk; Khepera; EggsAckley
35 posted on
09/22/2003 3:43:06 PM PDT by
blam
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