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Topic Options #127340 - 04/13/04 01:47 PM john hancock wwh Carpal Tunnel Registered: 01/18/01 Posts: 13858 Date: Thu Sep 16 00:02:08 EDT 1999 Subject: A.Word.A.Day--John Hancock John Hancock (jon HAN-kok) noun A person's signature. [After John Hancock 1737-1793. American politician and Revolutionary leader. He was president of the Continental Congress (1775-1777) and the first to sign the Declaration of Independence. Hancock later served nine terms as governor of Massachusetts (1780-1785 and 1787-1793). (From the prominence of his signature on the Declaration of Independence).] Few of us remember the courage it took to sign the Declaration of Independence. John Hancock knew the danger, and his signing his name in large letters put him at added risk. From the Internet: Five signers were captured by the British as traitors, and tortured before they died. Twelve had their homes ransacked and burned. Two lost their sons serving in the Revolutionary Army; another had two sons captured. Nine of the 56 fought and died from wounds or hardships of the Revolutionary War. Top #127341 - 04/13/04 02:07 PM Re: john hancock Faldage Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/01/00 Posts: 13653 Few of us remember the courage it took to sign the Declaration of Independence. John Hancock knew the danger, and his signing his name in large letters put him at added risk. From the Internet: Five signers were captured by the British as traitors, and tortured before they died. Twelve had their homes ransacked and burned. Two lost their sons serving in the Revolutionary Army; another had two sons captured. Nine of the 56 fought and died from wounds or hardships of the Revolutionary War. Run into all kinds of stuff on the internet, don't you? Top #127342 - 04/13/04 02:53 PM Re: john hancock Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/24/02 Posts: 7184 Loc: Vermont http://www.snopes.com/glurge/declare.htm glurge is new to me... _________________________ formerly known as etaoin... Top #127343 - 04/13/04 03:06 PM Re: john hancock sjmaxq Carpal Tunnel Registered: 07/20/03 Posts: 3230 Loc: Te Ika a Maui >glurge is new to me But not to this board: http://snipurl.com/2l3g _________________________ noho ora mai http://maxqnzs.com/References.html Top #127344 - 04/13/04 03:22 PM Re: john hancock wwh Carpal Tunnel Registered: 01/18/01 Posts: 13858 Badword anybody who thinks the item about the Signers was glurge. Top #127345 - 04/13/04 03:29 PM Re: john hancock sjmaxq Carpal Tunnel Registered: 07/20/03 Posts: 3230 Loc: Te Ika a Maui That's OK, Dr. Bill. You can cling to your glurge, don't let the fact that it is only tangentially related to the actual history put you off. For those of us who like to learn whether things are really so, snopes will continue to be a valuable resource. _________________________ noho ora mai http://maxqnzs.com/References.html Top #127346 - 04/13/04 03:59 PM Re: john hancock wwh Carpal Tunnel Registered: 01/18/01 Posts: 13858 Dear Max: badword you. Top #127347 - 04/14/04 05:27 AM Re: john hancock Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/24/02 Posts: 7184 Loc: Vermont But not to this board: huh. missed that one, somehow... ta _________________________ 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 View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage 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 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 8423 Members 16 Forums 13686 Topics 209753 Posts Max Online: 3341 @ 12/09/11 02:15 PM Newest Members teepee, smoothcriminal86, janbra, junebug, Stephen A 8423 Registered Users Who's Online 1 registered (1 invisible), 30 Guests and 2 Spiders online. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters (30 Days) LukeJavan8 87 jenny jenny 67 wofahulicodoc 53 endymion6 45 BranShea 35 Rhubarb Commando 35 Buffalo Shrdlu 19 zmjezhd 16 Jackie 15 Faldage 14 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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