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Et French horn!
Some folks has one o' them thar furrin duvet thangs so they don't have to worry 'bout no disscrumblefication™.*
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nappes plices
My memory (and looking it up in the dictionary again), would suggest "nappes plies" plus accents. Or is that where the "c" came from. "pli" a fold, pleat; "plier" to fold; and (useful this one) "plisser" to screw up!
And no one has mentioned "Apple Pie Bed" yet, or is that term not known in US? If not, (and even if!) it refers to a sheet being folded half way down the bed so the two ends look like top and bottom sheet. Of course the poor unfortunate who tries to get into bed has to remake the bed, or darn the holes made pushing with their feet. The "folded linen" origin seems pretty good for that one.
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In the US that favorite camp trick is known as "short-sheeting" the bed. Much less colorful, but just as fun...
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And this is probably another example of a wandering "n" from "a" to "an" changing the form of the word. "A nappe plie" ==> "An app plie" => "An apple pie".
"A naranje" => "An orange" (by memory). Other examples ?? or is this a YART?
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is this a YART?No, it's a NYART (Not Yet...) 
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napron > apron, nadder > adder, uncle > nuncle, eke-name > nick-name
Noakes < atten Oakes (at them Oakes), with dative of "the"
so also Rea < atter Ea (at the river)
I think naranja > laranja in Mediterranean language(s), not sure in which exactly, possibly Occitan, which was then re-analysed as l-aranja, then aranja was possibly assimilated to the town of Orange in southern France. The OED would give you the route; but the reanalysis took place before it was borrowed into English, I think.
My beloved's children introduced a new word "ron" for other drivers, deducing its existence from the fact that Mummy kept complaining about more rons.
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My beloved's children introduced a new word "ron" for other drivers, deducing its existence from the fact that Mummy kept complaining about more rons.
Being one, I got the more rons, but could you or rod please clue me in on the rest? [trulykon]
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Ro d asks: is this a YART?IMNSHO expecting strangers and newbies to Search for every question they wish to bring up before bringing it up to avoid the wrath of the oldbies is unrealistic. The day of everyone's been here since the beginning are over.  The preceding message has been brought to you courtesy of Faldage Works, GmbH, SA. Opinions expressed in this comment are not necessarily those of AWADtalk or any of its employees or associates.
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The days of everyone's having been here since the beginning are over. ---------------------------------------- Sic transit gloria mundi (she said, tongue in cheek and worried about quoting correctly (?)) I have no objections to re-hashing topics... probably because the search function leaves me confused and less enlightened than before I started searching. And since I read in flat mode the threaded mode is a Great and Glorious Mystery to me... never can successfully navigate through a threaded thread ... too may titles all the same. Besides, I think the newcomers to the Board often have much new to offer on any subject, whether discussed before or not. And if a discussion bores ... one can just skip it! Happy YARTing, one and all, see you 'round the campus! wow
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wow: Sic transit gloria mundi (she said, tongue in cheek and worried about quoting correctly (?)
Worry not good Gloria, a spot of dramamine will allay those odd rumblings.
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