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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread As clear as a pearl #52636 01/18/02 02:01 AM Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 1,385 P plutarch veteran plutarch veteran P Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 1,385 But I can't remember what it had to do with pearls other than the obvious I'm stumped, Wordwind. What is "obvious" about the connection between the word "Orient" and a pearl? Apart from the similarity between the shape of an oyster and the shape of an oriental's eye, what oriental orientation does an oyster ornamentalize? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted word pearl wwh 01/13/02 07:08 PM Re: word pearl Wordwind 01/13/02 09:12 PM Re: word pearl Keiva 01/13/02 09:23 PM Re: word pearl wwh 01/13/02 10:59 PM Re: word pearl Capital Kiwi 01/13/02 11:12 PM Re: word pearl wwh 01/13/02 11:21 PM Re: word pearl Wordwind 01/14/02 08:52 AM As clear as a pearl plutarch 01/18/02 02:01 AM Re: As clear as a pearl Wordwind 01/18/02 08:31 AM Re: word pearl Faldage 01/18/02 01:12 PM Re: word pearl of troy 01/18/02 01:46 PM Re: word pearl Wordwind 01/18/02 04:55 PM Re: round and round tsuwm 01/18/02 10:40 PM Re: round and round wwh 01/18/02 11:25 PM Re: round and round wwh 01/18/02 11:33 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 Posts229,372 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 (), 381 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 28 A C Bowden 25 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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