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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Post deleted by Wordwind #92300 01/16/2003 12:40 PM Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter armadillo redux #92301 01/16/2003 12:58 PM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 2,204 RhubarbCommando Pooh-Bah RhubarbCommando Pooh-Bah Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 2,204 is a peccadillo a cross between a wild pig and an armadillo? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: armadillo redux #92302 01/16/2003 2:06 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Save the peccadillo from extinction! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Flexing your pecs... #92303 01/16/2003 3:34 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass and don't forget peccavi, used in these precincts twice by dr. bill but not defined. :) also to be found in the AWAD archives as an adjunct to peccant. peccavi - [L, I have sinned] a humble acknowlegment of sin or error: confession Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Flexing your pecs... #92304 01/16/2003 3:51 PM Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 5 Chicago area, IL wentworth stranger wentworth stranger Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 5 Chicago area, IL I have sinned: peccavi; a British commander in India, having invaded and captured Sindh, sent this one-word message to headquarters: Peccavi. Maybe somebody out there can look this up to make sure it is not apocryphal. If true, it is a marvelous pun, and even if it's not true, it's still pretty good. davy jones davy jones Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Flexing your pecs... #92305 01/16/2003 3:57 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass Sindh... this is also mentioned in the peccant entry in the AWAD archives... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Flexing your pecs... #92306 01/16/2003 4:04 PM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,439 New England, USA wow Carpal Tunnel wow Carpal Tunnel Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,439 New England, USA a British commander in India, having invaded and captured Sindh, sent this one-word message to headquarters: Peccavi. Groooooooan. Seems like there is no escaping them. But then "the louder they groan the better they like them" ... Puns, that is, you naughty-minded ones! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter 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 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 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 View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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