GRGR(11) - Roland Feldspath

Lorentzen / Nicklaus lorentzen-nicklaus at t-online.de
Thu Oct 7 05:10:50 CDT 1999


John A. McNamara schrieb:
> David Morris wrote:
> >
> > "Feldspath?"
> >
> > "Felds" may be the possesive of "felled."
> > "Path" might then be the parabola.
>
> For what it's worth (probably not much):
>
> I seem to recall that "feld" is German for "field".  

  "Feld" is indeed "field". But "Feldspat(h)" is "fel(d)spar", a mineral. Don't 
  know anything about this, just checked it out in the lexicon. - KFL




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