Talk:Marble
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Having verified the etymology with the OED, I removed these comments from the article:
- If this can be verified, it should stay.
- Partridge has "marmaros," large stone or boulder, influenced by "marmarein," to glimmer or shine. Does etymology belong here at all?
-- Heron
Catherine moved this unsigned comment to talk page:
- This can and should stay provided more details are provided. For example, the folklore of which folk, exactly? Rocks and minerals aren't really all that intrinsically interesting to most people (I *am* a geologist), folklore, history and cultural traditions are important.
Other senses
Should we record that "marbles" is also slang for "testicles", and, metaphorically, for "courage", "machismo" etc.?
Jorge Stolfi 01:11, 12 Jun 2004 (UTC)