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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 2 of 2 1 2 Re: another fun toy #99326 03/26/03 12:55 AM Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada Z Zed Pooh-Bah Zed Pooh-Bah Z Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada Even in English I don't understand what I'm saying sometimes. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: another fun toy #99327 03/26/03 02:25 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Even in English I don't understand what I'm saying sometimes. Zed, we have got to be related! Reiner Zufall died a tragic death when the entire set of the OED fell out of a window and flattened him. Then his friend happened along and, failing to appreciate the gravity of the situation, asked, "What happened, Reiner? Zu fall?" Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: another fun toy #99328 03/26/03 02:41 AM Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 725 Oregon, USA Coffeebean old hand Coffeebean old hand Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 725 Oregon, USA I realize this may not be a piece of Macedonian cake to answer, but I'm curious -- do we know the origin of the Finnish language? Is it related to Gaelic? Ummmm, would you say that Reiner Zufall was at a loss for words? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: another fun toy #99329 03/26/03 03:27 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Ummmm, would you say that Reiner Zufall was at a loss for words? Giving, of course, the ultimate lie to that old saying: "Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me". Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: another fun toy #99330 03/26/03 11:14 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 "Feces Equi" Glad to see you fixed up your faex pas. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Finnish & Hungarian #99331 03/26/03 12:32 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York Is it related to Gaelic? Nope. Finnish is part of the Finno-Ugric family (cf. the GVM unpleasantness ). Gaelic, and for that matter, Macedonian, are both members of the Indo-European family: Gaelic stems from the Celtic branch and Macedonian from the (South) Slavic branch. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: another fun toy #99332 03/26/03 01:18 PM Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 180 Atlanta, GA birdfeed OP member OP birdfeed member Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 180 Atlanta, GA "Glad to see you fixed up your faex pas." I was hoping to get there before you did. In case anyone is wondering, "Reiner Zufall" means "pure coincidence". Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 2 of 2 1 2 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 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 Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,330 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 (), 1,018 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 31 A C Bowden 15 ddrinnan 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 tsuwm 10,542 wofahulicodoc 10,541 LukeJavan8 9,916 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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