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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 3 of 3 1 2 3 Post deleted by Wordwind #44569 10/17/01 09:15 AM Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... W Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Wordwind Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Chocolate wheel redux #44570 10/17/01 04:50 PM Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC A chocolate wheel is a game in which you put up a small wager and spin the wheel, hoping to win a major prize. I am assuming that the mainstay prize is a chocolate candy that would have much lesser value than the wager. Vanna TEd Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Have A Go #44571 10/21/01 12:40 PM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 866 Perth, Western Australia stales OP old hand OP stales old hand Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 866 Perth, Western Australia Keiva Nice of you to be nice to Helen - but the whole point of the post was where does this piece of Ozzie slang come from? I now suspect that it's all to do with birling/burling = spinning and thus a reference to taking a chance. stales Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 3 of 3 1 2 3 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 Posts229,318 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 (), 763 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 32 A C Bowden 13 ddrinnan 1 LukeJavan8 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 tsuwm 10,542 wofahulicodoc 10,535 LukeJavan8 9,916 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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