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Page 2 of 2 < 1 2 Topic Options #171474 - 11/20/07 11:14 AM Re: The origin of Pierre Menard [Re: BranShea] R. Eastcourt journeyman Registered: 11/01/07 Posts: 99 Loc: Hungarian Gypsy Originally Posted By: BranShea The dingycoinky is a that it is William Dean Howells' The rise of Silas Lapham 1885. Hi, never mind. As if the day could be more grey, I was stunned to discover that my favorite little family-owned pharmacy had been purchased by the Rite-Aide, pharmaceutical chain. The crawling ad on the shiny new parking lot sign read: Budweiser 18-packs, $14.99. I thought....what a dingycoinky is a this?! Edited by R. Eastcourt (11/20/07 11:30 AM) Top #171475 - 11/20/07 11:23 AM Re: The origin of Pierre Menard [Re: BranShea] R. Eastcourt journeyman Registered: 11/01/07 Posts: 99 Loc: Hungarian Gypsy Originally Posted By: BranShea The dingycoinky is a that it is William Dean Howells' The rise of Silas Lapham 1885. Hi, never mind. ........waiting breathlessly for (b:) never mind Edited by R. Eastcourt (11/20/07 02:03 PM) Top #181032 - 12/19/08 01:48 PM Origin of the name Penelope [Re: R. Eastcourt] LukeJavan8 old hand Registered: 06/23/08 Posts: 830 Loc: Land of Flat River \\ Check out on Google/Yahoo: The Etymology and History of First Names. terrific resource. Top Page 2 of 2 < 1 2 Previous Topic Index Next Topic Preview Hop to: General Topics ------   Information and announcements   Q&A about words   Wordplay and fun   Words and languages in schools   Miscellany   Weekly Themes   Looking for (writers, speakers, ...) (Old) Weekly themes. (have been consolidated into a single forum above) ------   Words from medicine   Beheading words   Meta-words   Words from classical mythology   Animal Safari   Words with unusual etymologies   Eponyms or words derived from people's names.   Loanwords from German   English as a global language Print Topic Switch to Threaded Mode View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts Forum Stats 7151 Members 16 Forums 12706 Topics 187591 Posts Max Online: 853 @ 10/23/07 11:39 AM Who's Online 1 registered (Buffalo Shrdlu), 12 Guests and 32 Spiders online. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Newest Members Crejella, larsrc, KIDDETROIT, marksonamor, poetree 7151 Registered Users Top Posters wwh 13858 Faldage 12381 Jackie 10232 tsuwm 9400 Buffalo Shrdlu 6595 AnnaStrophic 6481 Wordwind 6296 of troy 5400 maverick 4683 WhitmanO'Neill 4186 November Su M Tu W Th F Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

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