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Carpal Tunnel
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I thought for sure that we had discussed this here, but I'll be darned if I can find it. I did find a couple of interesting ref.'s, though:
Interestingly, the Swedish word to describe corny, provincial or even farcical comedy -- principally on the stage -- is 'buskis'. This must derive from buskin -- if so, an example of a word taking an opposite meaning through misunderstanding. http://wordsmith.org/board/showthreaded.pl?Cat=&Board=weeklythemes&Number=57979and
Vaude slang referred to unsophisticated comedy as being "stuck in the corn," soon shortened to "corny." http://wordsmith.org/board/showthreaded.pl?Cat=&Board=miscellany&Number=83457P.S.--Welcome aBoard, websafe! Glad to have you.
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