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   wugi  posted:   
      
   > Op 23/10/2025 om 17:59 schreef HenHanna@NewsGrouper:   
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   > > DDeden  posted:   
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   > >> Thanks Hen, that is great. I recall 'pale' being a word for a stick or   
   post, probably related to 'impale'.   
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   > > Pale meaning stick --- (according to the book (The Roots of English) by   
   R.Claiborne) is related to   
   > >                         trepalium (torture device made of 3 sticks) and to   
   the word Travel. and to Pagans   
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   >  From torture to work, to travel and labour, the word has traveled quite   
   > a bit. Don't forget "pole", be aware of homonyms.   
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   > Here in S.Am. you'll find "palo borracho" trees, "drunken sticks" (also   
   > in Spain). A pink-white and a yellow-white flower species can be found   
   > (to be in blossom soon, I hope). The trunk is bottle-shaped, and covered   
   > with prickles, as are the branches. In the Ceiba° genus like the Kapok   
   > tree, within the Malvaceae family like the Baobab.   
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   > °Not the same as the Ceibo tree, itself in the Fabaceae family, and   
   > national tree of Argentina.   
      
   I just rode bicycle past a bunch of palo borracho trees in a tree park in   
   Miami, with their bottle shaped thorny trunks.   
      
   Pale (palace, palisade), pole, post, pag, peg, stick, stake all share the idea   
   of a stick and adhesion. Attach: at stake.   
      
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