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04-02-2011, 06:29 PM

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ZenGum

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I wondered if the word quorn might be related to quern, a grindstone. Turns out it is, but not the way I expected (i.e. nothing to do with grinding the fungus, just a coincidence of place names).

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Dun, Old English for Hill, where cweorn, Old English for millstones, are quarried.

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