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Page 4 of 4 < 1 2 3 4 Topic Options #188997 - 01/29/10 01:30 PM Re: ok [Re: BranShea] zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel Registered: 08/13/05 Posts: 3269 Loc: R'lyeh So, the words are: theogony theopoly theodactyl theolatry theography oligogony oligopoly oligodactyl oligolatry oligography artiogony artiopoly artiodactyl artiolatry artiography heliogony heliopoly heliodactyl heliolatry heliography hagiogony hagiopoly hagiodactyl hagiolatry hagiography And they are linked to their entries in OneLook. I leave it to tsuwm to calculate their indices. _________________________ Ceci n'est pas un seing. Top #188998 - 01/29/10 02:06 PM Re: ok [Re: zmjezhd] tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Registered: 04/03/00 Posts: 10463 Loc: this too shall pass what am I, a cacographer then? -joe btfsplk Top #189003 - 01/29/10 05:43 PM Re: ok [Re: tsuwm] BranShea Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/06 Posts: 5249 Loc: Netherlands, the Hague Thank you ZMOnelook. A shocking list. cacography ( cup of your own tea ) WWftD [as fr. Gk kako-, bad + -graphia, writing] bad handwriting; bad spelling. Don't see what bad spelling has to do with it. Edited by BranShea (01/31/10 06:25 AM) Edit Reason: What the......? Top Page 4 of 4 < 1 2 3 4 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 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 Forum Stats 8423 Members 16 Forums 13686 Topics 209754 Posts Max Online: 3341 @ 12/09/11 02:15 PM Newest Members teepee, smoothcriminal86, janbra, junebug, Stephen A 8423 Registered Users Who's Online 0 registered (), 41 Guests and 2 Spiders online. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters (30 Days) LukeJavan8 87 jenny jenny 67 wofahulicodoc 53 endymion6 45 Rhubarb Commando 35 BranShea 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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