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 Posted: Mon Apr 23rd, 2007 06:45 pm
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Eric L.



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 A little birdy may have told me of the latin origins of the word:

ordior ordiri orsus dep. [to begin]; esp. [to begin speaking]. N. pl. of partic. as subst. orsa -orum , [beginnings, undertakings]; esp. [words uttered, speech].