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Subject: Re: Aria ...
Author: Anneza   (guest, 163.200.81.4)
Date: May 26, 2005 at 11:48:48 PM
Reply to: Aria ... by Ciarda85
Aria means (and is the same word as) air. And air can be both the stuff we breathe and a melody. I don't buy the Welsh connection.

Incidentally, the 'flu, avian or otherwise, originally was known as influenza dell' aria, the influence of the air. That was before people worked out about germs!

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