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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: gamboge #114675 01/27/2004 11:53 PM Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 79 Dublin, Ireland hibernicus journeyman hibernicus journeyman Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 79 Dublin, Ireland Obscure fact: Le Cambodge is the only country name in French that ends with an "e" and is masculine. "Gum" is "gomme" in French and "gummi" in Latin, from Greek "kommi". Cambodge/Cambodia are versions of the indigenous name "Kampuchea", the meaning and origin of which I don't know. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted gamboge wwh 10/28/2003 10:29 PM Re: gamboge Wordwind 01/26/2004 8:55 PM Re: gamboge hibernicus 01/27/2004 11:53 PM Re: gamboge absurdity Wordwind 01/28/2004 2:25 AM Re: gamboge absurdity wwh 01/28/2004 2:44 AM Re: gamboge absurdity Wordwind 01/28/2004 3:18 AM Re: gamboge absurdity Sparteye 01/28/2004 3:28 AM Re: gamboge absurdity Wordwind 01/28/2004 3:31 AM For her pleasure... hibernicus 01/29/2004 12:17 AM Re: For her pleasure... jheem 01/29/2004 12:39 AM Taking nitpicking to a higher level hibernicus 01/29/2004 12:55 AM Re: Taking nitpicking to a higher level sjmaxq 01/29/2004 1:39 AM Re: Taking nitpicking to a higher level jheem 01/29/2004 1:59 AM Re: Taking nitpicking to a higher level wwh 01/29/2004 2:13 AM Re: which came first, the louse or the nit? jheem 01/29/2004 1:49 PM Re: which came first, the louse or the nit? Buffalo Shrdlu 01/29/2004 1:57 PM Re: the knights who say nit jheem 01/29/2004 2:09 PM Re: the knights who say nit wwh 01/29/2004 2:26 PM Re: the knights who say nit jheem 01/29/2004 2:38 PM Re: the knights who say nit wwh 01/29/2004 3:43 PM Where'd them nits come from? consuelo 01/30/2004 3:40 AM Re: more fun with nits Buffalo Shrdlu 01/31/2004 4:45 PM Re: tied back to language jheem 01/31/2004 5:16 PM Run for the hills! Sparteye 02/04/2004 1:48 AM Re: Run for the hills! Faldage 02/04/2004 1:31 PM Re: Run for the hills! wwh 02/04/2004 3:03 PM Re: Fun for the Bills! maverick 02/05/2004 11:41 AM Re: Fun for the Bills! wwh 02/05/2004 2:01 PM Re: Haribo macht Kinder froh Faldage 01/29/2004 11:40 AM Re: gamboge absurdity jheem 01/29/2004 12:45 AM Re: gamboge absurdity hibernicus 01/29/2004 12:33 AM 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 Posts230,393 Members9,211 Most Online12,483 Mar 28th, 2026 Newest Members Boo boo kitty fu, peterreineck, Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd 9,211 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 34 A C Bowden 19 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,214 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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