Notices by Alexandra Lanes (ajlanes@mastodon.online), page 3

@goatsarah @Raspberry_Pi Don’t suppose the BMEs measure CO2, do they?

@goatsarah Ah so it’s marlin < marlinspike fish < marlinspike < marlin < moor

@A_C_McGregor @goatsarah This does get confusing (although my brain is not in tiptop operation today). Wiktionary lists marline < MLGer marling < MDutch marlijn (“cord”) < marlen (“secure, fasten”), frequentative of maren (“to moor”) < Proto-Germanic *mairōną (“to moor, fasten to”), from PIE *mer-. But for the cover meaning of marl it has < ME marle < OFr marle, < LL margila, diminutive of marga (“marl”). I may have to find a real dictionary.

@goatsarah Marlins beware! (False friend etymology there; it’s actually from a root cognate with “mooring”)

@goatsarah What’s the household speed run record from arrival at Stansted to platform/kiss&drop?

@goatsarah Or how good Ryanair seems to be! I mean I’m no expert but in the years you’ve been going to and from Portugal it’s just worked? The hard bits have been pandemic!