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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Chautauqua #12798 12/13/00 12:07 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 460 Hobart, Tasmania, Australia P paulb OP addict OP paulb addict P Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 460 Hobart, Tasmania, Australia I'm currently reading (and greatly enjoying) William Maxwell's "Time will darken it" written in 1949 and set in 1912. In one section he describes the 'Draperville Chautauqua', which SOED defines as a summer school or similar educational course. I'd not come across this word before -- is it still in use anywhere in the US? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Chautauqua paulb 12/13/00 12:07 PM Re: Chautauqua emanuela 12/13/00 12:14 PM Re: Chautauqua maverick 12/13/00 01:08 PM Re: Chautauqua emanuela 12/13/00 02:42 PM Re: Chautauqua tsuwm 12/13/00 03:55 PM Re: Chautauqua Faldage 12/13/00 04:21 PM Re: Chautauqua TEd Remington 12/13/00 06:22 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 Topics13,915 Posts229,995 Members9,198 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members testawad, Bill_L, achz, MAGNVSTALSMA, Burlyfish 9,198 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 1,044 guests, and 2 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 27 A C Bowden 15 LukeJavan8 6 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,957 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,956 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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