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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: UK English - US English Dictionary #1729 05/17/00 12:04 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 460 Hobart, Tasmania, Australia P paulb addict paulb addict P Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 460 Hobart, Tasmania, Australia Hi Lucy Can't help you with philly hooper/sixer (although the latter is a term used in scouting, I think). Williwaw is a sudden violent squall, orig. in the Straits of Magellan [SO]. It's also the title of an early novel (his first?) by Gore Vidal. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted UK English - US English Dictionary jmh 04/29/00 09:27 AM Re: UK English - US English Dictionary cadaver 04/30/00 01:15 AM Re: UK English - US English Dictionary jmh 04/30/00 08:55 PM Re: UK English - US English Dictionary Rubrick 05/22/00 09:52 PM Re: UK English - US English Dictionary lusy 04/30/00 07:57 AM Re: UK English - US English Dictionary tsuwm 04/30/00 02:34 PM Re: UK English - US English Dictionary jmh 04/30/00 08:58 PM Re: UK English - US English Dictionary jmh 05/14/00 09:48 PM Re: UK English - US English Dictionary Jackie 05/16/00 01:09 PM Re: UK English - US English Dictionary Lucy 05/17/00 05:47 AM Re: UK English - US English Dictionary paulb 05/17/00 12:04 PM Re: UK English - US English Dictionary Jackie 05/17/00 03:44 PM Re: UK English - US English Dictionary Rubrick 05/22/00 09:58 PM Re: UK English - US English Dictionary David108 05/22/00 08:45 AM Re: UK English - US English Dictionary paulb 05/23/00 12:32 PM Re: UK English - US English Dictionary David108 05/23/00 06:00 PM Posties and Barbies jmh 05/23/00 08:19 PM Re: Posties and Barbies David108 05/25/00 06:20 PM Re: "Up" beats jmh 05/27/00 04:59 PM Oeuf-rica David108 05/27/00 05:57 PM Re: Orstralia paulb 05/29/00 11:49 AM Re: Orstralia jmh 05/29/00 12:35 PM Re: Orstralia paulb 05/30/00 11:40 AM Re: Orstralia Jackie 05/30/00 09:31 PM Re: Orstralia Lucy 05/31/00 02:00 AM Re: Okra jmh 05/31/00 06:48 AM Re: Okra shanks 05/31/00 12:22 PM Re: Okra Jackie 05/31/00 01:13 PM Re: Okra jmh 05/31/00 02:03 PM Re: Okra Jackie 05/31/00 07:55 PM Re: Okra tsuwm 06/02/00 03:48 PM Re: Okra Jackie 06/03/00 11:27 AM UK English - US English Dictionary jmh 06/05/00 10:00 PM Re: UK English - US English Dictionary jmh 06/05/00 10:47 PM Re: Okra AnnaStrophic 06/01/00 02:12 AM Yards and Gardens jmh 06/02/00 12:14 PM Re: Yards and Gardens Jackie 06/02/00 01:02 PM Re: Yards and Gardens and Queues, oh my! AnnaStrophic 06/02/00 01:10 PM Re: Yards and Gardens jmh 06/02/00 05:27 PM Re: Okra tsuwm 06/02/00 03:56 PM Re: In Line/On Line jmh 06/02/00 05:26 PM Re: okra David108 05/31/00 08:03 AM Re: UK English - US English Dictionary jmh 05/23/00 07:47 PM Re: UK English - US English Dictionary jmh 05/25/00 02:12 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 Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,322 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 (), 405 guests, and 6 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 25 A C Bowden 13 ddrinnan 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 tsuwm 10,542 wofahulicodoc 10,535 LukeJavan8 9,916 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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