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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread hurricane #107954 07/18/2003 7:41 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Dana mentions hurricanes: "It was hurricane month, too, and we were just in the track of the tremendous hurricane of 1830, which swept the North Atlantic, destroying almost everything before it." The first hurricane I ever saw was in 1938, and though it was one of the biggest - we didn't know it was a hurricane until it was over. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: hurricane #107955 07/18/2003 7:59 PM Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park of troy Carpal Tunnel of troy Carpal Tunnel Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park hurricane is simple the name for a tropical storm arising in the atlantic, the same type of tropical storm in the western pacific is a typhoon. hurricane's etymology (from the American Hertiage Dictionary) ETYMOLOGY: Spanish huracán, from Taino hurákan; akin to Arawak kulakani, thunder. my other obsession 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 Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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