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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread garron #119758 01/12/2004 7:52 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 An ex-soldier speaking of colonel of his former unit: " "Ye say Dhrumshticks is well, an' his lady tu'? I niver knew how I liked the gray garron till I was shut av him an' Asia." - "Dhrumshticks" was the nickname of the Colonel commanding Mulvaney's old regiment." garron ['gærən] noun a small sturdy pony bred and used chiefly in Scotland and Ireland [ETYMOLOGY: 16th Century: from Gaelic gearran] I'll bet he would not have called the Colonel that to his face! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: garron #119759 01/12/2004 11:16 PM Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 California jheem veteran jheem veteran Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 California Interesting. I wonder if the drumsticks nickname was from the vegetable known as drumstick and quite the staple in South Indian in delicious sambars. It looks like a drumstick, kind of a long okra pod. Very nutritious. 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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