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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 6 of 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 Re: bridesmaid seasons #137880 02/04/05 01:10 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,788 Seattle, Washington, USA Father Steve Carpal Tunnel Father Steve Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,788 Seattle, Washington, USA If one had to guess, I would imagine a scenario that looked like this. Lewis and Clark (or some other Anglo explorers) asked a band of Indians up river from Portland (the mouth of the Columbia) who those Indians were downstream. The Indians they asked spoke some version of Chinook. In Chinook, the Indians answered "Those are the Indians downstream" which the white explorers took to be a proper noun rather than a locator. Isn't it fun to make up history? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter How many #137881 02/07/05 04:38 PM Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 389 Rhode Island, USA Owlbow enthusiast Owlbow enthusiast Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 389 Rhode Island, USA American College Dictionary, Random House This is the one that I earned for obtaining 10 new subscriptions when I was a paperboy. I wasn’t, still amn’t a real Poindexter, and despite my verbophilia, I got still got Ds in Spelling – go figa. (see next) Rhode Island Dictionary, Mark Patinkin Webster’s Approved Dictionary, student ed.1942 World Publishing Geological dictionary OED, the tiny print version in 2 vols.I do use this, but bright light, strong magnification, and freshly cleaned reading glasses, are necessary 1 Roget’s Dictionary of Synonyms & Antonyms, Joseph Devlin, The World Syndicate Publishing Co. ENCYCLOPEDIA of PRACTICAL RECEIPTS & PROCESSES. CONTAINING 6400 RECEIPTS; EMBRACING THROUGH INFORMATION in PLAIN LANGUAGE APPLICABLE to ALMOST EVERY POSSIBLE INDUSTRIAL and DOMESTIC REQUIREMENT, Wm. B. Dick 2nd ed NY Dick & Fitzgerald, Publishers, 1875I love this one. My wife saved it from the dumpster’s maw after her dad died and the sibling and in-laws (outlaws) were rushing indiscriminately to…never mind. Here are a few randomly chosen examples of the 6400 receipts. Cure for hydrophobia / To prepare laughing gas / Wash to beautify the teeth / To kill grease spots before painting / To tan muskrat skin with fur on Webster's New College 1956This is one that I use the most. It has 10 appendices including a vocabulary of rhymes, (which does not list “orange”). 1 Bartlett’s 2 Spanish 1 French 1 German 1 Swedish A few pocket Webster’s stashed about. Maybe some others, but it was SO nice out this weekend… Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: How many #137882 02/11/05 02:42 PM Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 96 Illinois A amnow journeyman amnow journeyman A Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 96 Illinois "muskrat skin with fur on"...may need to know more about that.... What a find! Thanks, Ms Owl for being a bit more selective than some of our relatives seem to be! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 6 of 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 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 Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,371 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 0 members (), 888 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 29 A C Bowden 24 LukeJavan8 3 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,561 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,919 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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