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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread bowling for Mencken #108669 07/25/2003 2:18 AM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 maverick Carpal Tunnel maverick Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 In search of a particular quotation, I was surprised to learn that Ten Pin Bowling got it name as evasion in the face of Puritan proscription of Nine Pin…! http://www.bartleby.com/185/19.html Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted bowling for Mencken maverick 07/25/2003 2:18 AM Re: bowling for Mencken sjmaxq 07/25/2003 2:24 AM Re: bowling for Mencken Faldage 07/25/2003 10:28 AM Re: bowling for Mencken sjmaxq 07/25/2003 10:40 AM Re: bowling for Mencken nancyk 07/25/2003 4:10 PM Re: bowling for Mencken AnnaStrophic 07/25/2003 4:15 PM Re: bowling for Mencken nancyk 07/25/2003 9:02 PM Re: bowling for Mencken sjmaxq 07/25/2003 9:13 PM Re: bowling for Mencken Jackie 07/25/2003 6:29 PM Re: bowling for Mencken Bobyoungbalt 07/26/2003 4:12 AM Re: bowling for ducks Faldage 07/26/2003 10:18 AM Re: bowling for ducks maverick 07/26/2003 9:33 PM Re: bowling for ducks Faldage 07/26/2003 9:41 PM Re: bowling for ducks maverick 07/26/2003 9:51 PM Re: bowling for ducks Faldage 07/26/2003 10:14 PM Re: bowling for ducks maverick 07/26/2003 10:31 PM Re: bowling for ducks Bobyoungbalt 07/27/2003 2:32 AM Re: bowling for quackers tsuwm 07/27/2003 3:35 AM Re: between pins Faldage 07/27/2003 12:11 PM I just wanted to say AnnaStrophic 07/27/2003 1:06 PM Re: farbeit Buffalo Shrdlu 07/27/2003 1:42 PM Re: farbeit Faldage 07/27/2003 2:21 PM Re: farbeit Buffalo Shrdlu 07/27/2003 2:28 PM Re: between pins Bobyoungbalt 07/28/2003 3:25 AM Re: between pins Faldage 07/28/2003 10:54 AM Re: between pins maverick 07/28/2003 3:28 PM Re: between pins Buffalo Shrdlu 07/28/2003 3:38 PM Re: between pins Faldage 07/28/2003 3:41 PM Re: between pins Buffalo Shrdlu 07/28/2003 9:49 PM Re: between pins maverick 07/28/2003 10:18 PM Re: between pins Buffalo Shrdlu 07/28/2003 10:32 PM Re: between pins Zed 07/28/2003 11:08 PM Re: between pins Faldage 07/29/2003 9:58 AM Re: between pins Jackie 07/30/2003 1:32 AM Re: between pins nancyk 07/30/2003 9:41 PM Re: between pins maverick 07/30/2003 9:55 PM Re: between pins Zed 07/30/2003 10:33 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 Topics13,916 Posts230,424 Members9,211 Most Online17,319 Apr 8th, 2026 Newest Members Boo boo kitty fu, peterreineck, Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd 9,211 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 20 A C Bowden 7 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,239 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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