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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: homo sapiens sapiens #43860 10/08/01 12:05 AM Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 1,094 Cincinnati & Loveland, Ohio, U... J Jazzoctopus old hand Jazzoctopus old hand J Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 1,094 Cincinnati & Loveland, Ohio, U... I was always taught that hippopotamus meant "river horse" Well, in German hippo is Nilpferd, literally Nile horse. Though I don't really see how a hippo looks much like a horse. Maybe a horse with a weight disorder, I guess. . . Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted homo sapiens sapiens xara 10/06/01 08:22 PM Re: homo sapiens sapiens tsuwm 10/06/01 08:30 PM Re: homo sapiens sapiens xara 10/06/01 08:36 PM Re: homo sapiens sapiens Capital Kiwi 10/07/01 04:07 AM Re: homo sapiens sapiens emanuela 10/07/01 09:52 AM Re: homo sapiens sapiens Keiva 10/07/01 11:11 AM Re: (Keiva deletes early-am dittography) Keiva 10/07/01 11:11 AM Re: homo sapiens sapiens Capital Kiwi 10/07/01 11:53 AM Re: Sapient wow 10/07/01 01:31 PM Re: homo sapiens sapiens xara 10/08/01 01:49 PM Ones self awareness milum 10/08/01 02:43 PM Re: homo- tsuwm 10/08/01 03:34 PM Re: homo- and sexism rbarr 10/09/01 01:34 AM Re: homo- and sexism Jackie 10/09/01 01:44 AM Post deleted by Wordwind Wordwind 10/09/01 01:52 AM Re: homo- and sexism Bingley 10/09/01 04:52 AM Re: homo- and sexism rbarr 10/12/01 08:10 PM Post deleted by Wordwind Wordwind 10/13/01 12:06 AM Re: Hippo sapiens sentiens Keiva 10/13/01 02:32 AM Re: homo sapiens sapiens wsieber 10/10/01 05:27 AM Re: homo sapiens sapiens Jackie 10/10/01 09:57 AM Re: homo sapiens sapiens stales 10/07/01 05:10 PM Re: homo sapiens sapiens Jazzoctopus 10/07/01 09:42 PM Max Quordlepleen 10/07/01 10:35 PM Re: homo sapiens sapiens Jazzoctopus 10/08/01 12:05 AM Re: hippopotami Keiva 10/08/01 02:30 PM Re: hippopotami Keiva 10/08/01 02:42 PM Hippopotamus stales 10/08/01 12:46 AM Max Quordlepleen 10/08/01 03:10 AM Re: Hippopotamus Bingley 10/08/01 03:33 AM Post deleted by Wordwind Wordwind 10/08/01 01:09 AM Re: homo sapiens sapiens tsuwm 10/08/01 02:14 AM Re: homo sapiens sapiens Faldage 10/09/01 03:14 PM Re: homo sapiens sapiens Capital Kiwi 10/09/01 08:35 PM Re: homo sapiens sapiens Faldage 10/09/01 08:39 PM Re: homo sapiens sapiens xara 10/09/01 10:11 PM Re: liquids consuelo 10/09/01 10:18 PM Re: homo sapiens sapiens Capital Kiwi 10/08/01 05:18 AM Re: homo sapiens sapiens stales 10/08/01 06:08 AM Re: homo sapiens sapiens Jackie 10/08/01 03:37 PM Re: missing a verse Anonymous 10/08/01 03:57 PM Re: verse and re-verse Keiva 10/08/01 04:21 PM Re: I had a hippopotamus paulb 10/10/01 10:49 AM Re: I had a hippopotamus Alex Williams 10/10/01 03:02 PM Re: I had a hippopotamus Capital Kiwi 10/10/01 04:17 PM Re: homo sapiens sapiens belMarduk 10/11/01 01:06 AM Taxonomic Classification Sparteye 10/13/01 02:54 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 Posts229,371 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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