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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Today's word "wain" brings to mind... #15818 01/17/2001 7:46 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 35 Chickie newbie Chickie newbie Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 35 the painting by Constable entitled "The Haywain". One of my favorites. "Adversity is the whetstone of creativity" Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Today's word "wain" brings to mind... #15819 01/17/2001 7:51 PM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 3,409 Max Quordlepleen Carpal Tunnel Max Quordlepleen Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 3,409 Chicke mentioned the painting by Constable entitled "The Haywain". One of my favorites. I have never heard the word "wain" used on its own. The only way I recognised it was from "The Haywain" - one of my favourites, also. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Today's word "wain" brings to mind... #15820 01/17/2001 10:07 PM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,146 Northamptonshire, England Capital Kiwi Carpal Tunnel Capital Kiwi Carpal Tunnel Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,146 Northamptonshire, England In one of the funnier parts of "Bored of the Rings", Harvard Lampoon's much-abbreviated spoof on "Lord of the Rings", a sign is up on a bridge outside Rivendell which said (from memory): "Pedestrians: 1/2d Horses and riders: 1d Haywains: 1 1/2d Black Riders: 40 gold pieces" The idiot also known as Capfka ... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Today's word "wain" brings to mind... #15821 01/17/2001 11:42 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 35 Chickie newbie Chickie newbie Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 35 Of course, then there's Elmer Fudd who would wear a waincoat out in the wain while riding in a wain. "Adversity is the whetstone of creativity" Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Today's word "wain" brings to mind... #15822 01/18/2001 9:30 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 393 London NicholasW enthusiast NicholasW enthusiast Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 393 London > I have never heard the word "wain" used on its own. In isolation, Charles's Wain, also known as the Plough, the Great Bear, the Big Dipper, and probably quite a few others. I know I should call it the Plough but I always say Charles's Wain. In compound: a wainwright. (And does Tolkien use Wainrider somewhere? Who were they... some warlike tribe from Rhun?) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Today's word "wain" brings to mind... #15823 01/18/2001 9:41 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,981 jmh Pooh-Bah jmh Pooh-Bah Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,981 >does Tolkien use Wainrider somewhere? Who were they... some warlike tribe from Rhun?) Spot on: http://home.swipnet.se/~w-70531/Tolkien/wainrider/main.htm Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Today's word "wain" brings to mind... #15824 01/18/2001 3:22 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Hey, Nicholas, welcome back, Honey! Missed you. I didn't get the wain AWAD, though I got today's: woof. Is anybody else having oddities in transmissions? I love today's quote: It is well to remember that the entire universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others. -John Andrew Holmes Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter 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 Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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