[MR] No Marquis??

[Roy B. Scherer]

At 11:46 AM 4/27/2006 -0700, you wrote:
> >I wonder, given the similarity of
> > sound, if Marquis comes from the same root.

         I thought that a "marquis" was that thing out front of
  thweater, where it says what's playing.
-- Britton
-- Semantically challenged


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