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Topic Options #171418 - 11/17/07 01:57 AM Re: grotesque [Re: Zed] R. Eastcourt journeyman Registered: 11/01/07 Posts: 99 Loc: Hungarian Gypsy Originally Posted By: Zed Quote: Just to add something to the Etymology of wwh's first post in 2004 . Gargoyles are grotesqe but the word come from gargouille, Old French for throat. Grotesqe from 'grottesche'. Is this becouse they were used at the end of gutters to direct the rain off the cathedral walls? No, becuase. Top Previous Topic Index Next Topic Preview Entire topic Subject Posted by Posted grotesque wwh 02/26/04 07:40 PM Re: grotesque Fiberbabe 02/27/04 09:30 AM Re: grotesque wwh 02/27/04 11:25 AM Re: grotesque Faldage 02/27/04 11:27 AM Re: grotesque jheem 02/27/04 11:44 AM Re: grotesque wwh 02/27/04 11:54 AM Re: grotesque jheem 02/27/04 12:11 PM Re: grotesque Wordwind 09/11/04 10:07 AM Re: grotesque Dogin123 10/28/07 08:37 PM Re: grotesque BranShea 10/29/07 01:27 AM Re: grotesque Faldage 10/29/07 06:41 AM Re: grotesque zmjezhd 10/29/07 12:42 PM Re: grotesque BranShea 10/29/07 12:46 PM Re: grotesque Buffalo Shrdlu 10/29/07 05:45 PM Re: grotesque tsuwm 10/29/07 05:50 PM Re: grotesque Zed 10/29/07 08:15 PM Re: grotesque BranShea 10/30/07 04:22 AM Re: grotesque Buffalo Shrdlu 10/30/07 08:14 AM Re: grotesque R. Eastcourt 11/17/07 01:57 AM 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 consolidated into a single forum above) ------   Words from medicine   Beheading words   Meta-words   Words from classical mythology   Animal Safari   Words with unusual etymologies   Eponyms or words derived from people's names.   Loanwords from German   English as a global language Moderator:  Jackie  Print Topic Switch to Flat Mode View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts Forum Stats 8453 Members 16 Forums 13691 Topics 210120 Posts Max Online: 3341 @ 12/09/11 02:15 PM Newest Members zhangzhen, dene13, MariaAnastasia, MNPrasad, Krysto4 8453 Registered Users Who's Online 0 registered (), 41 Guests and 2 Spiders online. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters (30 Days) LukeJavan8 93 jenny jenny 68 endymion6 68 wofahulicodoc 67 teepee 20 Rhubarb Commando 16 Faldage 14 tsuwm 9 anddrewlee 6 Jackie 4 June Su M Tu W Th F Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

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