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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Cave and Karst #122385 02/08/2004 6:02 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont a very interesting list of words: http://wasg.iinet.net.au/terminol.html I got there by looking up coprophage; found in an article about Salvador Dali... formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: Cave and Karst #122386 02/08/2004 8:03 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Dear etaoin: speaking of caves, I wonder what our speleologist, milum, is up to these days. When I got down to "claustrophobia" I was reminded of story in TIME early in WWII. In a survey of London, a questionnaire had to be filled out for each person in every air-raid shelter district. One district had 100% of women claiming they suffered from claustrophobia. When questioned, the interviewer for that district said she had toled all the women that 'claustrophobia' meant "fear of confinement". Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: Cave and Karst #122387 02/08/2004 9:03 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York I got there by looking up coprophage; found in an article about Salvador Dali... I *so don't want to know... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: Cave and Karst #122388 02/08/2004 9:09 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Dear AS: mustn't be finicky. Remember all the beetles who roll their little ball.... And remember every drop of water has been through a billion billion anal orifices... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: Cave and Karst #122389 02/08/2004 10:59 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont I *so don't want to know... well, once I found out, I didn't either... the world is a mysterious place, with none more mysterious than us. formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: Cave and Karst #122390 02/09/2004 2:40 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Neat, eta! Here's somebody's favorite word, WW I think; read the second word of the def. carefully! MEANDER An arcuate curve in a river course due to a stream eroding sideways. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: Cave and Karst #122391 02/09/2004 5:50 AM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 866 Perth, Western Australia stales old hand stales old hand Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 866 Perth, Western Australia This takes me back a couple of years to a discursion (c/f discussion) we had upon geological terms: http://wordsmith.org/board/showflat.pl?Cat=&Board=miscellany&Number=16224&page=&view=&sb=&vc=1 [Sorry if I just wide screened you - could never work out that 'make a shorter link' thingie] One often hears of 'kettle and karst' terrains. YCLIU. stales Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: Cave and Karst #122392 02/09/2004 12:41 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York In this case, just slice it off after the number, stales: http://wordsmith.org/board/showflat.pl?Cat=&Board=miscellany&Number=16224 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. 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