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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: ye olde curmudgeon #108587 07/25/03 11:08 AM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,156 B Bean old hand Bean old hand B Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,156 do we lose words because they have no more use? Ah, this reminds me of Dr. Bill's thread(s) on obsolete occupations from a while back: http://wordsmith.org/board/showflat.pl?Cat=&Board=miscellany&Number=69547 http://wordsmith.org/board/showflat.pl?Cat=&Board=miscellany&Number=70168 Presumably once the occupation becomes obsolete, people no longer remember the word. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted dot-commer tsuwm 07/23/03 03:30 PM Re: dot-commer Faldage 07/23/03 03:59 PM Re: dot-commer dxb 07/23/03 04:02 PM Re: dot-commer Bean 07/24/03 10:58 AM Re: dot-commer maverick 07/24/03 11:10 AM Re: dot-commer AnnaStrophic 07/24/03 01:29 PM Re: dot-commer tsuwm 07/24/03 02:42 PM Re: dot-commer Bean 07/24/03 03:24 PM Re: ye olde curmudgeon tsuwm 07/24/03 03:42 PM Re: ye olde curmudgeon Bean 07/24/03 04:03 PM Re: ye olde curmudgeon Faldage 07/24/03 04:13 PM Re: ye olde curmudgeon maahey 07/24/03 05:40 PM Re: ye olde curmudgeon Bean 07/24/03 05:55 PM Re: ye olde curmudgeon musick 07/24/03 06:17 PM Re: ye olde curmudgeon maverick 07/24/03 11:27 PM Re: ye olde curmudgeon sjmaxq 07/24/03 11:30 PM Re: ye olde curmudgeon maverick 07/24/03 11:34 PM Re: ye olde curmudgeon sjmaxq 07/24/03 11:37 PM Re: ye olde curmudgeon maverick 07/25/03 12:10 AM Re: ye olde curmudgeon Zed 07/25/03 12:29 AM Re: ye olde curmudgeon Buffalo Shrdlu 07/25/03 02:52 AM Re: ye olde curmudgeon Capfka 07/25/03 06:20 AM Re: ye olde curmudgeon Faldage 07/25/03 10:26 AM Re: ye olde curmudgeon Bean 07/25/03 11:08 AM Re: ye olde curmudgeon Faldage 07/25/03 12:37 PM Ye olde egg and chicken musick 07/25/03 05:24 PM Re: Ye olde egg and chicken Jackie 07/25/03 06:04 PM Re: Ye olde egg and chicken AnnaStrophic 07/25/03 06:22 PM Re: Ye olde egg and chicken Jackie 07/25/03 06:37 PM Re: Ye olde egg and chicken Zed 07/28/03 06:38 PM Re: dot-commer Bingley 07/25/03 06:24 AM Re: dot-commer Jackie 07/24/03 12:11 PM Re: dot-commer musick 07/23/03 04:19 PM Re: dot-commer maverick 07/23/03 11:04 PM Re: dot-commer Buffalo Shrdlu 07/23/03 11:34 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 Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,915 Posts230,120 Members9,198 Most Online4,270 Aug 30th, 2025 Newest Members testawad, Bill_L, achz, MAGNVSTALSMA, Burlyfish 9,198 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 2,125 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 26 A C Bowden 23 LukeJavan8 4 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,026 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,968 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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