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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: A Nother Dramatic Change #165979 02/22/07 09:56 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass all you'll get is speculation, as pigsney and pig's eye are of questionable connection. but there is this: there were several 18th C. colloquial expressions (chiefly N. Amer. and Austral.), all derisive in nature: in a pig's ear, in a pig's arse, in a pig's eye. coincidence? probly not. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Gay, Now and Then. nightotter 02/13/07 12:34 PM Re: la gaia scienza zmjezhd 02/13/07 01:51 PM Re: la gaia scienza dalehileman 02/13/07 01:56 PM Re: driven zmjezhd 02/13/07 02:35 PM Re: la gaia scienza Hydra 02/13/07 02:40 PM Re: la gaia scienza Myridon 02/13/07 04:12 PM Re: la gaia scienza of troy 02/13/07 04:46 PM Re: la gaia scienza Buffalo Shrdlu 02/13/07 05:25 PM Re: la gaia scienza zmjezhd 02/13/07 06:16 PM Re: la gaia scienza BranShea 02/13/07 06:55 PM Re: la gaia scienza dalehileman 02/25/07 02:36 PM Re: drive and other things technical nightotter 02/14/07 08:02 AM Re: drive and other things technical olly 02/14/07 09:28 PM Re: drive and other things technical dalehileman 02/20/07 05:08 PM Re: driving techies crazy zmjezhd 02/20/07 05:29 PM Re: driving techies crazy dalehileman 02/20/07 05:42 PM Re: driving techies crazy ParkinT 02/20/07 07:14 PM Re: driving techies crazy dalehileman 02/20/07 09:12 PM Re: drive and other things technical BranShea 02/21/07 06:34 PM Re: drive and other things technical dalehileman 02/21/07 07:07 PM Re: drive and other things technical BranShea 02/21/07 08:52 PM Re: drive and other things technical Buffalo Shrdlu 02/21/07 08:53 PM Re: drive and other things technical olly 02/21/07 10:01 PM Re: drive and other things technical BranShea 02/22/07 02:30 AM Re: drive and other things technical TEd Remington 02/22/07 12:28 PM Re: drive and other things technical Myridon 02/22/07 04:21 PM Re: drive and other things technical TEd Remington 02/22/07 07:56 PM Re: drive and other things technical Buffalo Shrdlu 02/23/07 01:39 PM Re: Gay, Now and Then. Jackie 02/15/07 02:53 PM Re: more anglic degeneration zmjezhd 02/15/07 03:21 PM Re: more anglic degeneration wow 02/20/07 04:29 PM A Nother Dramatic Change Jackie 02/22/07 02:18 PM Re: A Nother Dramatic Change BranShea 02/22/07 09:35 PM Re: A Nother Dramatic Change tsuwm 02/22/07 09:56 PM Re: pigsney settled nightotter 02/23/07 06:28 AM Re: A Nother Dramatic Change BranShea 02/23/07 07:15 AM Re: A Nother Dramatic Change tsuwm 02/23/07 01:37 PM Re: A Nother Dramatic Change AnnaStrophic 02/23/07 01:40 PM Re: nigh an egg zmjezhd 02/23/07 02:50 PM Re: nigh an egg BranShea 02/23/07 03:36 PM Re: Gay, Now and Then. nightotter 03/06/07 10:51 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 Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,361 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 (), 755 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 30 A C Bowden 21 LukeJavan8 3 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,557 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,919 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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