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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: maté #58507 03/22/02 03:36 PM Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,526 Virginia, USA TheFallibleFiend veteran TheFallibleFiend veteran Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,526 Virginia, USA Interesting. I'd always heard that the term "checkmate" in chess was derived from the persian phrase "shah mat," supposedly meaning "the king is dead." k Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted maté wwh 02/24/02 09:48 PM Re: maté consuelo 02/24/02 11:53 PM Re: maté wwh 02/25/02 01:16 AM Re: maté Flatlander 02/25/02 01:43 PM Re: maté boronia 02/25/02 06:25 PM Re: maté Wordwind 02/25/02 10:11 PM . Max Quordlepleen 02/25/02 10:30 PM Re: maté consuelo 02/26/02 12:30 AM Re: maté AnnaStrophic 02/26/02 01:47 AM Re: maté Rubrick 02/26/02 08:45 AM Re: maté wwh 02/26/02 02:53 PM Re: maté Bingley 03/22/02 04:28 AM Re: maté wwh 03/22/02 03:30 PM Re: maté TheFallibleFiend 03/22/02 03:36 PM Re: maté wwh 03/22/02 04:12 PM Re: maté TheFallibleFiend 03/22/02 04:50 PM Re: maté inselpeter 03/22/02 06:02 PM Re: maté wwh 03/22/02 09:02 PM Re: maté inselpeter 03/22/02 10:31 PM Re: maté wwh 03/23/02 01:42 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 1 members (A C Bowden), 765 guests, and 3 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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