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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: "the ton"? #117283 12/08/03 12:06 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,624 Utter Placebo, Planet Reebok Capfka Pooh-Bah Capfka Pooh-Bah Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,624 Utter Placebo, Planet Reebok The Ton, as in 100mph, was almost certainly a straight "steal" from its meaning as £100. It isn't applied to 100kph, however! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted "the ton"? Alex Williams 12/08/03 03:19 AM Re: "the ton"? dodyskin 12/08/03 10:36 AM Re: "the ton"? Capfka 12/08/03 12:06 PM Re: "the ton"? Jackie 12/08/03 02:02 PM Re: "the ton"? Capfka 12/08/03 05:41 PM Re: "the ton"? sjmaxq 12/08/03 06:28 PM Re: "the ton"? Faldage 12/08/03 06:37 PM Re: "the ton"? Capfka 12/08/03 08:13 PM Re: "the ton"? Faldage 12/08/03 08:17 PM Re: "the ton"? Capfka 12/08/03 08:31 PM Re: "the ton"? Faldage 12/08/03 08:36 PM Re: "the ton"? Capfka 12/08/03 08:37 PM Re: "the ton"? Faldage 12/08/03 08:41 PM Re: "the ton"? Capfka 12/08/03 08:42 PM Re: "the ton"? dxb 12/09/03 09:57 AM an aside AnnaStrophic 12/09/03 10:14 AM Re: "the ton"? shanks 12/09/03 03:08 PM Re: "the ton"? wow 12/09/03 04:45 PM Re: "the ton"? Faldage 12/09/03 04:48 PM Re: "the ton"? shanks 12/09/03 04:51 PM Re: "the ton"? Capfka 12/09/03 04:54 PM Re: "the ton"? wow 12/13/03 04:19 PM Re: Untangling the Macaroni? Capfka 12/13/03 05:52 PM Re: "pot-boilers" Jackie 12/14/03 04:14 PM Re: "pot-boilers" Bingley 12/15/03 04:42 AM Re: "pot-boilers" Capfka 12/15/03 01:12 PM What goes around ... grapho 12/16/03 03:57 AM Re: Untangling the Macaroni? wow 12/14/03 04:28 PM Re: "the ton"? Jackie 12/10/03 02:23 PM Re: "the ton"? RhubarbCommando 12/10/03 02:39 PM Re: "the ton"? Capfka 12/10/03 10:49 PM Re: "the ton"? Faldage 12/11/03 02:38 AM Re: "the ton"? Jackie 12/12/03 12:18 PM Re: "the ton"? Capfka 12/12/03 04:32 PM Hitting a "ton" grapho 12/15/03 12:22 PM Re: "the ton"? stales 12/16/03 03:33 AM 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 Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,338 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 (), 637 guests, and 0 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 34 A C Bowden 19 LukeJavan8 1 ddrinnan 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,544 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,917 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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