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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: gofer #81843 10/02/02 11:36 AM Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 1,346 Sussex, England F FishonaBike veteran FishonaBike veteran F Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 1,346 Sussex, England In the early days of the internet, people were always talking about gofers Gopher is an Internet protocol, Jo (like HTTP = HyperText Transfer Protocol). Was fairly widely used in the early days, but has fizzled out to near-nothingness. I think due to its being better suited to straightforward Newsgroups and whatnot, though I may well be wrong. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted errand--another definition Wordwind 09/26/02 04:18 PM Re: errand--another definition modestgoddess 09/26/02 04:50 PM Re: errand--another definition Wordwind 09/26/02 05:06 PM Re: errand--another definition modestgoddess 09/26/02 05:22 PM Knights not so errant TEd Remington 09/27/02 01:09 PM Re: Knights not so errant Wordwind 09/27/02 01:14 PM Re: Knights not so errant modestgoddess 09/28/02 12:56 AM Re: give her our page tsuwm 09/28/02 01:13 AM Re: give her our page modestgoddess 09/30/02 06:35 PM Re: Shank's mare/ Shank's pony jmh 09/27/02 07:31 AM Re: errand--another definition tsuwm 09/26/02 05:49 PM Re: errand--another definition Wordwind 09/26/02 05:52 PM Re: errand--message jmh 09/27/02 07:28 AM Re: errand--message FishonaBike 09/27/02 08:42 AM Re: errand--message jmh 09/27/02 08:59 AM Re: errand--message Bobyoungbalt 10/02/02 01:41 AM Re: gofer jmh 10/02/02 06:27 AM Re: gofer FishonaBike 10/02/02 11:36 AM Re: errand--message of troy 09/28/02 03:15 PM Re: errand--message Capital Kiwi 09/28/02 04:42 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 Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,413 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 1 members (wofahulicodoc), 998 guests, and 6 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 38 A C Bowden 26 LukeJavan8 4 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,584 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,922 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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