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Re: "chatoyance"



I think the advice was to use google, not just some search engine. I
first try using Iris give me a page of things named Iris or having
acronyms Iris. The second try Iris mythology give me a first page full
of what you want.

cheers,

a google fan

On Thu, 11 Jan 2001, Bernard G. Cleyet & Nancy Ann
Seese wrote:

Not so fast! What amazes me is the junk out there and the inadequacy of search
engines.

My initial search was just "iris". I've heard that commercial sites are
displayed first by commercial search engines. This certainly seemed evident. I
only skimmed the first 20; most were commercial services e.g. IL research info.
service. Giving up too soon, I posted. Just now I skimmed 30 more. Finally no
48 gives the history of the iris plant relating it to the Greek goddess
interesting reading!.

http://www.sfheart.com/iris.html

Viewing, as recommended, the first ten of I g. of the r., I found not reliably
informative. One was passwd protected (University page) and another "not
found." The others: flower essences, oil painting, three "new age": spiral
goddess (duplicated) and goddess grove, and two personal sites: Sherrie named
Iris by her HS Latin teacher and Rina Vyoma (sailor iris).

Another case where dictionaries and encyclopedia are superior; mine even give
her parentage.

bc

P.s. The on line dict. (American Heritage) Doesn't even, in their etymology,
mention goddess!

Chuck Britton wrote:

At 9:10 AM -0800 1/10/01, Bernard G. Cleyet & Nancy Ann Seese, you
wrote about Re: "chatoyance":

I searched for some time and was unable to verify the High S. memory
that Iris is
the Goddess of the rainbow (Greek or Egyptian/)

Do a 'google' search on 'Goddess of the rainbow' and STAND BACK!

You Too can be AMAZED at thr depth and width of the results

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