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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Jodphurs #144936 07/11/2005 1:43 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky I noticed that somebody misspelled this word over in W & F, and that reminded me that I've been meaning to ask this, anyway: were these riding pants named after the city or State in India that is mentioned in the book I've been reading? Only it is spelled Jodhpur; but I was wondering if this was the style there, perhaps? I can't imagine how something spelled Jodhpur got to be pronounced jod-furs. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Jodphurs Jackie 07/11/2005 1:43 AM Re: Jodphurs sjmaxq 07/11/2005 1:52 AM Re: Jodphurs tsuwm 07/11/2005 5:10 AM Re: Jodphurs Vernon Compton 07/11/2005 5:18 AM Re: Jodphurs tsuwm 07/11/2005 5:30 AM Re: Jodhpurs Buffalo Shrdlu 07/11/2005 11:23 AM Re: Jodphurs of troy 07/11/2005 12:13 PM Re: Jodphurs Jackie 07/11/2005 1:27 PM Re: Jodphurs sjmaxq 07/11/2005 8:17 PM Not Radha, but... shanks 07/14/2005 9:36 PM Re: Not Radha, but... tsuwm 07/14/2005 9:45 PM Re: Not Radha, but... Buffalo Shrdlu 07/14/2005 10:13 PM Re: Not Radha, but... sjmaxq 07/14/2005 10:59 PM Re: Not Radha, but... Faldage 07/14/2005 11:09 PM Re: Not Radha, but... Avy 07/15/2005 8:08 AM Re: Not Radha, but... Jackie 07/16/2005 3:22 PM Re: Not Radha, but... wow 07/18/2005 2:10 PM metathesis AnnaStrophic 07/11/2005 2:38 PM Re: metathesis of troy 07/11/2005 6:58 PM Re: metathesis Elizabeth Creith 07/11/2005 8:12 PM Re: Jodphurs Faldage 07/12/2005 12:06 AM Re: Jodphurs Elizabeth Creith 07/12/2005 12:08 AM Re: Jodphurs sjmaxq 07/12/2005 5:08 AM Re: Jodphurs of troy 07/12/2005 12:47 PM Re: Jodphurs Buffalo Shrdlu 07/12/2005 1:00 PM Re: Jodphurs of troy 07/12/2005 1:24 PM Re: Jodphurs Buffalo Shrdlu 07/12/2005 1:31 PM Re: Jodphurs Sparteye 07/12/2005 2:20 PM Re: Jodphurs nancyk 07/12/2005 6:01 PM Re: Jodphurs AnnaStrophic 07/12/2005 7:28 PM Re: Jodphurs Jackie 07/12/2005 8:55 PM Re: Jodphurs sjmaxq 07/12/2005 9:18 PM Re: Just for a lakh sjmaxq 07/12/2005 9:57 PM Re: Just for a lakh Jackie 07/13/2005 12:59 AM Re: Just for a lakh wow 07/14/2005 1:15 PM Re: Jodphurs sjmaxq 07/12/2005 8:28 PM Re: Jodphurs Vernon Compton 07/12/2005 10:18 PM Re: Jodphurs Buffalo Shrdlu 07/12/2005 10:24 PM Re: Jodphurs maverick 07/12/2005 11:37 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

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