Register Log In Wordsmith.org Forums General Topics Weekly Themes words from sports Search Advanced Forum Search Forums Calendar Active Threads

Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 2 of 2 1 2 Re: spin doctors #159278 05/02/06 10:40 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 M maverick Carpal Tunnel maverick Carpal Tunnel M Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 Sorry guys, but saying something don’t make it so, however earnestly your individual experience may make you believe it. I was taught cricket by a captain of England and this phrase certainly always referred to the surface of a drying pitch in the ways I have heard it used literally. That proves equally little per se, but the weight of received (heh) wisdom all points one way. You will notice that the full phrase is to “BE ON A ~” which signifies it’s the strip-of-turf kind of wicket, not the stumps-and-bails kind of wicket being referred to. first blood second wicket down it's a hat trick According to some sources, it’s a comparatively modern saying, too. But even David Crystal admits to sometimes being stumped by sporting idiom. Who knew the game’s name came from the wicked Frogs and the main implement maybe from the wily Celts? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Something wicket this way comes #159279 05/03/06 09:36 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 If mav says so, that's one thing. If Great Aunt Fanny says so, that's an entirely different thing. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 2 of 2 1 2 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 Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,915 Posts229,892 Members9,197 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Bill_L, achz, MAGNVSTALSMA, Burlyfish, Renegade98 9,197 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 586 guests, and 3 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) A C Bowden 29 wofahulicodoc 23 LukeJavan8 3 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,893 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,947 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

Default Style BlackNTan Drab eBay GooG v2 infopop new dark new light original dark original stock rounded corners Slate snow sunny dropshadow theblues Touch Of Grey UBB.threads UBB.threads - Dark UBB.threads - Light UBBCentral UBBCentral - Crimson UBBCentral - Lime UBBCentral - Marshmallow UBBCentral - Mocha UBBCentral - Zen UBBT77 UBBT77 - Dark ubbthreads ubbthreads-dark Forum Rules · Mark All Read Contact Us · Forum Help · Wordsmith.org