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Topic Options #122112 - 02/03/04 09:23 PM au pair wwh Carpal Tunnel Registered: 01/18/01 Posts: 13858 We had a thread about "au pair" over a year ago. The definition given at that time was that it meant an unpaid babysitter. I just now found in Burnside that the original usage was quite different: "1897 Girl's Own Paper 16 Oct. "An arrangement..frequently made is for an English girl to enter a French, German or Swiss school and teach her own language in return for joining the usual classes. This is called being au pair." Top #122113 - 02/04/04 11:45 AM Re: au pair musick Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/24/00 Posts: 2658 Loc: Chicago Sumptin tells me it ain't called that in Germany. Top #122114 - 02/04/04 06:58 PM Re: au pair Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Registered: 09/30/01 Posts: 6296 Loc: Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Hmmmm, et', I wonder what it could be that is telling you that somehow au pair isn't what this position held by someone teaching English and learning German in Germany would be called. I wonder? Je pense que.... I don't know, except if I think about German for a really long time, maybe I'll see your point. C'est bien.... Au pair... German classes... Drat. So close, yet so far... La plume de ma tante... Au pair... German... Le monde est.... Drat. Top #122115 - 02/04/04 07:09 PM Re: au pair Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/24/02 Posts: 7184 Loc: Vermont Hmmmm, et', musick, you want to take this one? _________________________ formerly known as etaoin... Top 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 Moderator:  Jackie  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 View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts Forum Stats 8419 Members 16 Forums 13686 Topics 209712 Posts Max Online: 3341 @ 12/09/11 02:15 PM Newest Members Stephen A, fgjhgjk, Nora Francis, sabosophie, Lore Lorena 8419 Registered Users Who's Online 1 registered (LukeJavan8), 43 Guests and 4 Spiders online. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters (30 Days) LukeJavan8 83 jenny jenny 66 wofahulicodoc 47 endymion6 43 BranShea 35 Rhubarb Commando 27 Buffalo Shrdlu 19 Jackie 16 zmjezhd 15 Faldage 15 May 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 31

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