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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: word search Buffalo Shrdlu #167948 05/01/07 02:10 PM Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh In English (in Scotland) the first person one mets going from home on a special day (such as Christmas or News Years Day) is called a first-foot. This term also refers to the first person to enter one's house on those days, too. One of my favorite words in the OED is the Manx loan, qualtagh, which means first-foot. Ceci n'est pas un seing. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted word search genyo 05/01/07 11:30 AM Re: word search AnnaStrophic 05/01/07 12:24 PM Re: word search Buffalo Shrdlu 05/01/07 12:35 PM Re: word search zmjezhd 05/01/07 02:10 PM Re: word search tsuwm 05/01/07 02:27 PM Re: word search zmjezhd 05/01/07 02:39 PM Re: word search Kit 05/01/07 05:14 PM Re: word search Kit 05/01/07 05:15 PM Re: word search zmjezhd 05/01/07 05:33 PM Re: word search Zed 05/01/07 08:07 PM Re: word search genyo 05/03/07 04:12 PM Re: word search genyo 05/03/07 04:16 PM 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 Posts229,364 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 (), 628 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 28 A C Bowden 22 LukeJavan8 3 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,558 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,919 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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