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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 2 of 2 1 2 Re: Portmanteaux BranShea #180630 11/30/08 09:58 PM Joined: Oct 2008 Posts: 23 Ireland A Andrew Robinson OP stranger OP Andrew Robinson stranger A Joined: Oct 2008 Posts: 23 Ireland Meet is hardly the word . . . more like rifle? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Portmanteaux Andrew Robinson #180710 12/06/08 01:21 AM Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,944 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,944 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water The Catholic Church has patron saints for almost everything, and considering the status of world affairs in many minds, a little heavenly help would be of great advantage. At any rate St. Emerich has been a 'secondary patron saint' of the USA because of Vespucci's first name Amerigo (Italian). This at least gives a certain credence to the claim zmjezhd makes that America is from Amerigo. The patron being assigned centuries ago. ----please, draw me a sheep---- Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Portmanteaux LukeJavan8 #180712 12/06/08 02:46 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Originally Posted By: LukeJavan8 St. Emerich has been a 'secondary patron saint' of the USA because of Vespucci's first name Amerigo (Italian). This at least gives a certain credence to the claim zmjezhd makes that America is from Amerigo. The patron being assigned centuries ago. Not that it needs any more credence than it already has. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 2 of 2 1 2 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 Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,809 Members9,187 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Karin, JeffMackwood, artguitar, Jim_W, Rdbuffalo 9,187 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 1,002 guests, and 0 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 31 A C Bowden 17 LukeJavan8 5 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,851 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,944 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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