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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Rx #107152 07/17/2003 2:35 AM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 618 Australia doc_comfort addict doc_comfort addict Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 618 Australia I have a vague idea that the Rx was somehow meant to represent the eye of Horace, or something like that. I think most of us now just accept that it's short for Recipe, which I'm pretty sure it's not. Can I be any more uncertain? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Rx wwh 07/07/2003 1:23 PM Re: Rx Buffalo Shrdlu 07/07/2003 1:49 PM Re: Rx tsuwm 07/07/2003 2:09 PM Re: Rx wwh 07/07/2003 2:50 PM Re: Rx Buffalo Shrdlu 07/07/2003 6:55 PM Re: Rx Zed 07/07/2003 11:07 PM Isn't it rX? AnnaStrophic 07/08/2003 12:36 AM Re: Rx wwh 07/08/2003 12:56 AM Re: Rx doc_comfort 07/17/2003 2:35 AM Re: Rx AnnaStrophic 07/17/2003 2:04 PM Re: Rx Faldage 07/17/2003 3:42 PM Re: Rx wwh 07/17/2003 5:40 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

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