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4, 97 12:10:21 pm: 4, 97 12:10:21 pm
Date: Tue, 4 Feb 1997 14:11:51 -0500
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Subject: Re: The name "Mark Twain"
From: Vicki Richman <[log in to unmask]>
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Frank Henninger has written:

>
>      1)  "Mark Twain" basically means "safe water" since it indicates
> two marks or twelve feet.  Right so far?

No, I believe it indicates no depth. It simply means "the
depth is . . ." or "the mark on the twine is . . . ."

Vicki Richman
Harlem New York

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