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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread coach parti #108308 07/22/2003 4:11 PM Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 1,692 UK dxb Pooh-Bah dxb Pooh-Bah Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 1,692 UK We were discussing the need to perform a ‘due diligence’ exercise today and I remembered that there is another meaning of the word diligence: Diligence: n. A large stagecoach - French, from (carrosse de) diligence, speed (coach), from Old French, diligence, dispatch, from Latin diligentia, from diligens, diligent-, diligent. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: coach parti #108309 07/22/2003 9:30 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 maverick Carpal Tunnel maverick Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 So would a slow charabanc of lawyers be an overdue diligence? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: coach parti #108310 07/23/2003 11:52 AM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 No, maverick. The'd be guilty of undue delinquence. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: coach parti #108311 07/23/2003 4:22 PM Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 1,692 UK dxb Pooh-Bah dxb Pooh-Bah Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 1,692 UK But they would take a tort-uous route no doubt. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: coach parti #108312 07/23/2003 5:14 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont you are court-ing disaster, dixbey.... formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: coach parti #108313 07/23/2003 11:16 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 maverick Carpal Tunnel maverick Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 I thought his pun was quite appealing! ~ but would the route be writ'ten down before the process started, or would they judge that to be weighting the scales? 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 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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