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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: nadir #71573 05/28/02 12:30 PM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 819 Portland,Oregon, USA G Geoff old hand Geoff old hand G Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 819 Portland,Oregon, USA In certain political circles, they insist on spelling this "nader", as in Ralph, with the same definition! That's precisely what I thought when I saw today's word! Great (or is it grate) minds in the same gutter? While politically allied with Ralph, I think of Jim Hightower and Molly Ivins in Zenith terms! What surprised me is that nadir had a French connection, and did not come directly into English through Arabic. I understand the Spanish connections of Arabic words, but how French? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted nadir statwomanma 05/28/02 12:04 PM Re: nadir wwh 05/28/02 12:22 PM Re: nadir Wordwind 05/28/02 12:24 PM Re: nadir doc_comfort 05/29/02 01:20 AM Re: nadir slithy toves 05/29/02 03:10 AM Re: nadir Wordwind 05/29/02 08:38 AM Re: nadir Geoff 05/29/02 09:21 PM Re: Roadrunner Wordwind 05/29/02 09:23 PM Re: nadir wwh 05/29/02 09:45 PM Re: nadir wsieber 05/29/02 11:34 AM Re: nadir Angel 05/29/02 08:10 PM Re: nadir wwh 05/29/02 08:28 PM Re: nadir AnnaStrophic 05/29/02 08:36 PM Re: nadir FishonaBike 05/29/02 09:08 PM Re: superlative TheFallibleFiend 05/29/02 08:47 PM Re: nadir Geoff 05/28/02 12:30 PM Re: nadir wwh 05/28/02 12:46 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 Posts229,371 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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