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Page 3 of 3 < 1 2 3 Topic Options #13319 - 02/02/02 01:29 PM Re: capitol offense Keiva Carpal Tunnel Registered: 08/04/01 Posts: 2605 I queried Capitol Kiwi You know a NZer working on the hill? Given the subject of the dicussion, dr. bill was merely avoiding a form whose nearer root might take us off on another route: capital: from caput, head capitol: from Capitolium, temple of Jupiter on the Capitoline hill Top #13320 - 02/02/02 01:48 PM Re: capitol offense wwh Carpal Tunnel Registered: 01/18/01 Posts: 13858 Sorry about the typo, CK. Do you still get upset about the difficulty of judging the Sexual Olympics? Top #13321 - 02/02/02 05:41 PM Re: capitol offense Capital Kiwi Carpal Tunnel Registered: 11/13/00 Posts: 3146 Loc: Northamptonshire, England Do you still get upset about the difficulty of judging the Sexual Olympics? I never was upset, just flummoxed. I couldn't enter anyway, because I'd need performance-enhancing drugs ... _________________________ The idiot also known as Capfka ... Top #13322 - 02/02/02 06:00 PM Re: capitol offense wwh Carpal Tunnel Registered: 01/18/01 Posts: 13858 Dear CK: I never challeged you to compete, I challenged you to devise a method of judging. How would you decide which participant had the most meritorious performance? Top #13323 - 02/02/02 07:33 PM Re: capitol offense belMarduk Carpal Tunnel Registered: 09/28/00 Posts: 2888 Is there anyplace I can go on the net to listen to these variations of the pronunciation of TU as TJU (which I can't imagine since T is a breathe-out sound and J is a breathe-in sound) and CHEW Top Page 3 of 3 < 1 2 3 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 Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts Forum Stats 8423 Members 16 Forums 13686 Topics 209726 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 (teepee), 46 Guests and 2 Spiders online. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters (30 Days) LukeJavan8 83 jenny jenny 67 wofahulicodoc 50 endymion6 42 BranShea 35 Rhubarb Commando 29 Buffalo Shrdlu 19 zmjezhd 16 Jackie 16 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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