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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: bridesmaid seasons #137880 02/04/05 01:10 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,788 Seattle, Washington, USA Father Steve Carpal Tunnel Father Steve Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,788 Seattle, Washington, USA If one had to guess, I would imagine a scenario that looked like this. Lewis and Clark (or some other Anglo explorers) asked a band of Indians up river from Portland (the mouth of the Columbia) who those Indians were downstream. The Indians they asked spoke some version of Chinook. In Chinook, the Indians answered "Those are the Indians downstream" which the white explorers took to be a proper noun rather than a locator. Isn't it fun to make up history? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted How many dictionaries do you have? Wordwind 01/23/05 12:56 PM Re: How many dictionaries do you have? of troy 01/23/05 01:15 PM Re: How many dictionaries do you have? Wordwind 01/23/05 01:26 PM Re: How many dictionaries do you have? themilum 01/23/05 01:44 PM Re: How many dictionaries do you have? musick 01/23/05 05:29 PM Re: How many dictionaries do you have? Faldage 01/23/05 02:20 PM Re: How many dictionaries do you have? Wordwind 01/23/05 02:25 PM Re: How many dictionaries do you have? tsuwm 01/23/05 05:29 PM Re: How many dictionaries do you have? Wordwind 01/23/05 05:45 PM Re: How many dictionaries do you have? Father Steve 01/24/05 05:29 AM Re: How many dictionaries do you have? consuelo 01/26/05 12:33 PM Re: How many dictionaries do you have? Father Steve 01/23/05 09:16 PM Re: How many dictionaries do you have? Bingley 01/24/05 03:43 AM Re: How many dictionaries do you have? sjmaxq 01/26/05 06:43 PM Re: How many dictionaries do you have? tsuwm 01/26/05 07:10 PM Re: How many dictionaries do you have? AniamL 01/30/05 12:50 AM How many servers do you have? musick 01/30/05 09:02 PM I'm not sure... TheFallibleFiend 01/31/05 03:23 PM chicks that flock tsuwm 01/31/05 07:22 PM congratulations Sparteye 02/01/05 03:34 AM Re: chicks that flock Bingley 02/01/05 03:41 AM Re: chicks that flock tsuwm 02/01/05 04:16 AM Re: chicks that flock Faldage 02/01/05 11:56 AM Re: chicks that flock dxb 02/01/05 12:14 PM Re: chicks that flock Faldage 02/02/05 09:55 AM Re: chicks that flock TEd Remington 02/02/05 12:29 PM Re: chicks that flock TheFallibleFiend 02/02/05 01:32 PM Re: chicks that flock Faldage 02/03/05 11:41 PM TEd's pathetic attempt at a pun TEd Remington 02/04/05 05:24 AM Re: TEd's pathetic attempt at a pun Faldage 02/04/05 11:08 AM Some women get TheFallibleFiend 02/01/05 01:32 PM Shall we rename tsuwm AnnaStrophic 02/01/05 01:51 PM Tsyrano TheFallibleFiend 02/01/05 02:13 PM the sort who appreciates literary abusions TEd Remington 02/01/05 07:13 PM tsuwmcake Sparteye 02/02/05 08:51 PM Re: tsuwmcake tsuwm 02/02/05 09:11 PM Spartans Sparteye 02/02/05 09:22 PM Re: Spartans Bingley 02/03/05 02:36 AM Re: Spartans Faldage 02/03/05 10:59 AM Bridesmaid revisited TEd Remington 02/03/05 12:57 PM bridesmaid seasons Sparteye 02/03/05 04:12 PM Re: bridesmaid seasons tsuwm 02/03/05 06:10 PM Re: bridesmaid seasons Faldage 02/03/05 11:28 PM Re: bridesmaid seasons Father Steve 02/04/05 03:10 AM what's in a nickname tsuwm 02/04/05 03:34 AM Re: bridesmaid seasons Bingley 02/04/05 05:33 AM Re: bridesmaid seasons themilum 02/04/05 10:28 AM Re: bridesmaid seasons Father Steve 02/04/05 12:05 PM Re: bridesmaid seasons Bingley 02/04/05 01:05 PM Re: bridesmaid seasons Father Steve 02/04/05 01:10 PM How many Owlbow 02/07/05 04:38 PM Re: How many amnow 02/11/05 02:42 PM Re: How many dictionaries do you have? Bingley 02/03/05 02:57 AM 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 Topics13,913 Posts229,580 Members9,187 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Karin, JeffMackwood, artguitar, Jim_W, Rdbuffalo 9,187 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 668 guests, and 0 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 35 A C Bowden 23 LukeJavan8 6 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,713 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,931 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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