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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Balbus #118981 01/06/2004 11:18 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Mencken in discussing UK education mentions as a bit of trivia that every UK school kid is presumed to know,"Balbus built a wall". I have yet to find a word about Balbus' wall. I did find a fairly detailed biography of him at: http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Olympus/6311/bal_bio.html Interesting to me, the bio said it is believed that his name came from a root meaning "stammerer", probably applied to one of his ancestors. That interested me, as "balbutier" is French verb meaning to stammer. I have yet to find a single word about his wall, though. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Balbus wwh 01/06/2004 11:18 PM Re: Balbus Bingley 01/07/2004 8:27 AM Re: Balbus wwh 01/07/2004 1:45 PM Re: Balbus Bingley 01/08/2004 6:04 AM Re: Balbus dxb 01/08/2004 5:09 PM Re: Balbus jheem 01/09/2004 6:13 PM Moderated by  Jackie  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... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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