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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Octopus #81125 09/19/02 09:22 AM Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... W Wordwind OP Carpal Tunnel OP Wordwind Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... The Langtolang word of the day is octopus. The French and German words were the most interesting: "octopus Turkish: ahtapot German: Krake French: pieuvre Italian: polpo Spanish: pulpo " Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Ahtapot #81126 09/19/02 01:06 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Sounds like the Turks stole their word from the Greeks Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Octopus #81127 09/19/02 06:36 PM Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 4,189 Rio Grande, Cape May County, N... WhitmanO'Neill Carpal Tunnel WhitmanO'Neill Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 4,189 Rio Grande, Cape May County, N... Hmmm..lessee... Jazzahtapot Jazzkrake Jazzpieuvre Jazzpolpo Jazzpulpo Whattiya think, Jazzo? I think Jazzahtapot works! Jazza's got a certain ring to it! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Octopus #81128 09/20/02 01:16 AM Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 1,094 Cincinnati & Loveland, Ohio, U... J Jazzoctopus old hand Jazzoctopus old hand J Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 1,094 Cincinnati & Loveland, Ohio, U... Jazzahtapot Jazzkrake Jazzpieuvre Jazzpolpo Jazzpulpo Why am I not surprised that someone was going to derive this? Ahtapot sounds like a 2 year old trying to pronounce octopus . . . Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Octopus #81129 09/23/02 12:00 AM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 618 Australia D doc_comfort addict doc_comfort addict D Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 618 Australia krake, as in kraken - the giant squid? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter 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 Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website 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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