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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread manumitted #119162 01/08/2004 2:33 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 "In a land of manumitted peasants the primary trait of the peasant is bound to show itself now and then; as Wendell Phillips once said, “more than any other people, we Americans are afraid of one another”— that is, afraid of isolation, of derision, of all the consequences of singularity. " manumit SYLLABICATION: man·u·mit PRONUNCIATION: AUDIO: mny-mt KEY TRANSITIVE VERB: Inflected forms: man·u·mit·ted, man·u·mit·ting, man·u·mits To free from slavery or bondage; emancipate. ETYMOLOGY: Middle English manumitten, from Old French manumitter, from Latin manmittere : man, ablative of manus, hand; see man-2 in Appendix I + mittere, to send from. OTHER FORMS: manu·mission (-mshn) —NOUN manu·mitter —NOUN Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: manumitted #119163 01/09/2004 1:44 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta Bingley Carpal Tunnel Bingley Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta For an explanation of how manumission was carried out and why it was called that see: http://makeashorterlink.com/?B21515207 Bingley Bingley Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: manumitted #119164 01/09/2004 11:22 AM Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 1,692 UK dxb Pooh-Bah dxb Pooh-Bah Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 1,692 UK Manumission. Figured this to be a reference to Manchester United's currently unsuccessful attempt to buy Louis Saha from Fulham. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit 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 Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,463 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 29 A C Bowden 6 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,272 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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