Wirt Atmar wrote:

>
> The original Latin word "crux" meant "cross," not in the religious sense, but
> as in "to cross an ocean" or to "cross out a mistake." When Latin evolved in
> Spanish, the "x's" became "z's", so the Spanish word became "cruz", while the
> English equivalent became "cruise," pronounced virtually identically.
>
> Thus, the next time that you hear that Tom Cruise is cruising with Penelope
> Cruz and that they've become cross with one another, simply say to yourself,
> "It's all right. They're all derived from the same word."
>
> Wirt Atmar
> Las Cruces, NM



It then follows (at least in my reasoning) that Santa Cruz, CA was named
for the patron saint of cruise ships. ;-)

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