Thought you folks might enjoy the word of the day from wordsmith.org: ramada (ruh-MAH-duh) noun An open shelter roofed with branches. [From Spanish, from rama (branch), from Vulgar Latin rama, from Latin ramus (branch).] The word "ramify" branches out from the same root "ramus". --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html ---