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Page 4 of 4 < 1 2 3 4 Topic Options #209096 - 01/16/13 05:00 PM Re: herricott & fazool [Re: Buffalo Shrdlu] zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel Registered: 08/13/05 Posts: 3269 Loc: R'lyeh so... bunk bed? Origin unknown. bunco? Where they from? From a card game banco, related to bank ;¬ ) %^) _________________________ Ceci n'est pas un seing. Top #209097 - 01/16/13 05:12 PM Re: Trying yet again [Re: Tromboniator] LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/08 Posts: 5291 Loc: Land of the Flat Water Originally Posted By: Tromboniator Originally Posted By: LukeJavan8 A discussion of ... nothingness??? We could spend hours here with nothing to talk about. And often do! _________________________ ----please, draw me a sheep---- Top #209100 - 01/16/13 09:09 PM Re: Trying yet again [Re: zmjezhd] Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/24/02 Posts: 7184 Loc: Vermont Originally Posted By: zmjezhd so... bunk bed? Origin unknown. bunco? Where they from? From a card game banco, related to bank ;¬ ) %^) okey dokey! can we extrapolate bunk bed from bunk house? or did that come about vicey versey? _________________________ formerly known as etaoin... Top #209103 - 01/17/13 01:59 AM Re: Trying yet again [Re: Jackie] Jackie Carpal Tunnel Registered: 03/15/00 Posts: 11579 Loc: Louisville, Kentucky From the Army? Top #209111 - 01/17/13 08:48 AM Re: Trying yet again [Re: zmjezhd] Faldage Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/01/00 Posts: 13657 Originally Posted By: zmjezhd so... bunk bed? Origin unknown. Etymology Online claims it's from bunker. Just a step up from "unknown". Top #209113 - 01/17/13 11:21 AM Re: Trying yet again [Re: Buffalo Shrdlu] zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel Registered: 08/13/05 Posts: 3269 Loc: R'lyeh can we extrapolate bunk bed from bunk house? I am not sure, but if I had to guess I'd say the hosue from the beds in it. _________________________ Ceci n'est pas un seing. Top #209114 - 01/17/13 11:25 AM Re: Trying yet again [Re: Faldage] zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel Registered: 08/13/05 Posts: 3269 Loc: R'lyeh Etymology Online claims it's from bunker. Etymology Online says: "1758, probably a shortened from bunker (q.v.)." That "probably" is one reason I do not care for EO. The guy who cobbled it together from all sorts of sources seems not to like "origin unknown" or "etymology uncertain" and does his best to "solve" these lacunae. _________________________ Ceci n'est pas un seing. Top #209115 - 01/17/13 11:49 AM Re: Trying yet again [Re: Jackie] Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/24/02 Posts: 7184 Loc: Vermont so vicey versey on the bunk beds, and bunker has nothing to do with Buncombe. It's all coming together! _________________________ formerly known as etaoin... 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 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 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 8426 Members 16 Forums 13687 Topics 209797 Posts Max Online: 3341 @ 12/09/11 02:15 PM Newest Members sylviasuper, continent2, a2teacher, teepee, smoothcriminal86 8426 Registered Users Who's Online 0 registered (), 21 Guests and 2 Spiders online. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters (30 Days) LukeJavan8 87 wofahulicodoc 56 jenny jenny 56 endymion6 49 Rhubarb Commando 37 BranShea 33 Faldage 14 Buffalo Shrdlu 14 zmjezhd 13 tsuwm 11 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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