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#209556 - 02/13/13 02:33 PM Gnat and gnaw
BranShea Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/06 Posts: 5249 Loc: Netherlands, the Hague	What 's the difference between a gnat and a rodent? "Middle English, from Old English gnætt; akin to Old English gnagan to gnaw first known use: before 12th century" Do gnats have teeth? "The gnatte is a litil fflye, and hatte culex..he soukeþ blood and haþ in his mouþ a pipe, as hit were a pricke..And is a-countid a-mong volatiles..and greueþ slepinge men wiþ noyse & wiþ bytinge and wakeþ hem of here reste. [John of Trevisa, transl. of Bartholomew de Glanville's "De proprietatibus rerum," 1398]"
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#209559 - 02/13/13 05:49 PM Re: Gnat and gnaw [Re: BranShea]
BranShea Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/06 Posts: 5249 Loc: Netherlands, the Hague	* Edit function does not respond Originally Posted By: BranShea What have gnats and rodents in common? "Middle English, from Old English gnætt; akin to Old English gnagan to gnaw first known use: before 12th century" Do gnats have jaws and teeth? What 's being gnawed? "The gnatte is a litil fflye, and hatte culex..he soukeþ blood and haþ in his mouþ a pipe, as hit were a pricke..And is a-countid a-mong volatiles..and greueþ slepinge men wiþ noyse & wiþ bytinge and wakeþ hem of here reste. [John of Trevisa, transl. of Bartholomew de Glanville's "De proprietatibus rerum," 1398]"
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#209562 - 02/13/13 09:02 PM Re: Gnat and gnaw [Re: BranShea]
Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/24/02 Posts: 7184 Loc: Vermont	Originally Posted By: BranShea What 's being gnawed? My flesh last time I was around gnats! _________________________ formerly known as etaoin...
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#209566 - 02/14/13 09:28 AM Re: Gnat and gnaw [Re: Buffalo Shrdlu]
BranShea Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/06 Posts: 5249 Loc: Netherlands, the Hague	Could the gnatte be that very tiny mean thing that only appears by the millions at dusk?
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#209568 - 02/14/13 11:04 AM Re: Gnat and gnaw [Re: Buffalo Shrdlu]
LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/08 Posts: 5291 Loc: Land of the Flat Water	Originally Posted By: Buffalo Shrdlu Originally Posted By: BranShea What 's being gnawed? My flesh last time I was around gnats! Like running into them when mowing the lawn. _________________________ ----please, draw me a sheep----
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