GRGR2 - Re: Tantivy

Murthy Yenamandra yenamand at cs.umn.edu
Thu Oct 17 10:57:59 CDT 1996


Barone, Charles writes:
> Before we leave GRGR2, I'd be curious to hear speculation on the origin 
> of the name Tantivy (Mucker-Maffick).

I believe "Tantivy" is a fox hunting cry. As for "Mucker-Maffick", the
GR companion had some suggestions that I have forgotten.

Murthy

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Murthy Yenamandra, Dept of CompSci, U of Minnesota. Email: yenamand at cs.umn.edu
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