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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Urban Myth or Wives' tale? #137334 01/17/2005 6:57 AM Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 1 Bondi Beach Australia SuperWAGs stranger SuperWAGs stranger Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 1 Bondi Beach Australia I was wondering... Most of what we now call "Urban Myths" were once called "Wives' Tales". When did wives' tales become urban myths? Is there any difference between the two? As far as I can tell generally an "Urban Myth" is the retelling of a older period Wives' Tale in a more modern setting. Are there other terms that refer to these type of tall stories (I guess that is one!). Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Urban Myth or Wives' tale? SuperWAGs 01/17/2005 6:57 AM Re: Urban Myth or Wives' tale? Faldage 01/17/2005 11:17 AM Re: Urban Myth or Wives' tale? dxb 01/17/2005 2:48 PM Re: Urban Myth or Wives' tale? of troy 01/17/2005 5:58 PM Re: Urban Myth or Wives' tale? Jackie 01/17/2005 6:07 PM Re: Urban Myth or Wives' tale? of troy 01/17/2005 6:15 PM Re: Urban Myth or Wives' tale? Wordwind 01/19/2005 10:07 PM Re: Urban Myth or Wives' tale? Jackie 01/17/2005 6:18 PM Re: Urban Myth or Wives' tale? Wordwind 01/17/2005 10:57 PM Re: Urban Myth or Wives' tale? AniamL 01/19/2005 10:35 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 Topics13,916 Posts230,333 Members9,209 Most Online4,606 Sep 17th, 2025 Newest Members Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd, Tony Hood, Wood Delivery 9,209 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 31 A C Bowden 9 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,175 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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