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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Y as only vowel #27931 05/03/2001 11:19 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 393 London NicholasW enthusiast NicholasW enthusiast Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 393 London George Borrow, while researching Romany Rye and Wild Wales, heard tales of travellers' children who sneaked in and enchanted the pigs in the valleys by singing sacred songs, and rose up into the air with them. This might be the origin of the expression "pigs might fly". Or it could just be my cwm hymn fly-by-sty shy pygmy gypsy myth. Copy Link to Clipboard Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Y as only vowel LKB 05/01/2001 11:55 AM Re: Y as only vowel of troy 05/01/2001 6:39 PM Re: Y as only vowel francais31415 05/01/2001 8:02 PM Re: Y as only vowel wwh 05/02/2001 12:20 AM Re: Y as only vowel belligerentyouth 05/02/2001 8:51 AM Re: Y as only vowel AnnaStrophic 05/02/2001 10:55 AM Re: Y as only vowel RhubarbCommando 05/02/2001 12:28 PM Re: Y as only vowel paulb 05/03/2001 10:34 AM Re: Y as only vowel belligerentyouth 05/03/2001 11:40 AM Re: Y as only vowel Jackie 05/03/2001 1:07 PM Re: Y as only vowel NicholasW 05/03/2001 1:34 PM Re: Y as only vowel LKB 05/03/2001 5:37 PM Re: Y as only vowel NicholasW 05/04/2001 11:31 AM Re: Y as only vowel LKB 05/03/2001 5:59 PM Re: Y as only vowel NicholasW 05/03/2001 11:19 AM Re: Y as only vowel paulb 05/04/2001 12:04 PM Re: Y as only vowel sarawhyler 05/05/2001 7:46 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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