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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: 100 most common... #62449 03/27/02 04:56 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 2,605 K Keiva Carpal Tunnel Keiva Carpal Tunnel K Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 2,605 I, for one, was surprised to learn that the phrase is correctly spit and image rather than the spitting image! Other sources indicate that either one is correct, and the former is only a bit earlier than the latter. http://www.bartleby.com/68/73/5673.html http://www.alt-usage-english.org/excerpts/fxspitan.html Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted 100 most common... hev 03/27/02 05:05 AM Re: 100 most common... Jackie 03/27/02 11:10 AM Re: 100 most common... Angel 03/27/02 01:32 PM Re: 100 most common... Keiva 03/27/02 04:56 PM Re: 100 most common... tsuwm 03/27/02 05:44 PM Re: 100 most common... Keiva 03/27/02 08:54 PM Re: folk etymology tsuwm 03/27/02 09:07 PM Re: 100 most common... hev 03/27/02 09:02 PM Re: 100 most common... RhubarbCommando 03/27/02 01:23 PM Re: 100 most common... TheFallibleFiend 03/27/02 01:43 PM Re: 100 most common... slithy toves 03/27/02 01:59 PM Re: 100 most common... TheFallibleFiend 03/27/02 05:50 PM Re: 100 most common... modestgoddess 03/27/02 07:32 PM Re: 100 most common... tsuwm 03/27/02 07:46 PM Re: 100 most common... modestgoddess 03/27/02 07:55 PM Re: 100 most common... Angel 03/27/02 08:30 PM Re: 100 most common... modestgoddess 03/27/02 09:47 PM Re: 100 most common... tsuwm 03/27/02 10:16 PM . Max Quordlepleen 03/27/02 11:34 PM Re: 100 most common... tsuwm 03/28/02 02:29 AM Re: Webster and OED wow 03/28/02 11:42 AM Re: Webster and OED Capital Kiwi 03/28/02 03:05 PM Re: Webster and OED modestgoddess 03/28/02 05:56 PM Re: Webster and OED tsuwm 03/28/02 06:22 PM aside to tsuwm AnnaStrophic 03/28/02 06:32 PM Re: aside to tsuwm boronia 03/28/02 07:33 PM Re: Sorry, boronia AnnaStrophic 03/28/02 07:37 PM Re: Sorry, boronia boronia 03/28/02 07:38 PM Re: Webster and OED modestgoddess 03/28/02 06:36 PM Re: Webster and OED tsuwm 03/28/02 06:37 PM -ce or -se wofahulicodoc 03/29/02 07:00 PM Re: 100 most common... Bean 03/28/02 10:46 AM Re: 100 most common... Huh? Faldage 03/28/02 01:13 PM Re: 100 most common... Huh? boronia 03/28/02 02:06 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 Posts229,361 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 (), 710 guests, and 2 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 30 A C Bowden 21 LukeJavan8 3 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,557 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,919 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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