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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: yet another mystery word: SOERESMUS tsuwm #186039 07/25/09 08:55 AM Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague BranShea Carpal Tunnel BranShea Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague Interesting. Soeresmus and then soer(Jackie) made me look up sorus Sorus is a word we use that may come from Jiddish and means a heap of trouble. I'm surprised the word also exists in English. Don't know about possible connections. Origin: 1825–35; < NL < Gk sōrós heap (?) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted yet another mystery word: SOERESMUS tsuwm 07/25/09 02:47 AM Re: yet another mystery word: SOERESMUS Jackie 07/25/09 04:14 AM Re: yet another mystery word: SOERESMUS tsuwm 07/25/09 05:11 AM Re: yet another mystery word: SOERESMUS BranShea 07/25/09 08:55 AM Re: yet another mystery word: SOERESMUS Faldage 07/25/09 11:28 AM Re: yet another mystery word: SOERESMUS tsuwm 07/25/09 01:24 PM Re: yet another mystery word: SOERESMUS zmjezhd 07/25/09 01:40 PM Re: yet another mystery word: SOERESMUS tsuwm 07/25/09 01:50 PM Re: yet another mystery word: SOERESMUS zmjezhd 07/25/09 01:32 PM Re: yet another mystery word: SOERESMUS tsuwm 07/25/09 01:42 PM Re: yet another mystery word: SOERESMUS zmjezhd 07/25/09 01:55 PM Re: yet another mystery word: SOERESMUS tsuwm 07/25/09 03:05 PM Re: macaronic zmjezhd 07/25/09 04:15 PM Re: macaronic tsuwm 07/25/09 10:27 PM Re: macaronic zmjezhd 07/25/09 11:21 PM Re: macaronic tsuwm 07/25/09 11:27 PM Re: miscegenation laws and language zmjezhd 07/26/09 03:06 PM Re: miscegenation laws and language Jackie 07/27/09 03:15 AM Re: miscegenation laws and language zmjezhd 07/27/09 04:11 AM Re: miscegenation laws and language tsuwm 07/27/09 04:45 AM Re: miscegenation laws and language zmjezhd 07/27/09 01:42 PM Re: yet another mystery word: SOERESMUS pete saussy 07/29/09 01:16 AM Re: yet another mystery word: SOERESMUS Jackie 07/29/09 01:30 AM Re: yet another mystery word: SOERESMUS tsuwm 07/29/09 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 Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,371 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 (), 803 guests, and 0 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 30 A C Bowden 24 LukeJavan8 3 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,561 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,919 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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