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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: word "guinea" #1632 04/28/2000 1:06 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass Someone must have really loathed the Itals; guinea originally applied to West African slaves and dago initially referred to Spanish sailors. http://members.aol.com/tsuwm/ Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted word "guinea" helen c thomas 04/27/2000 1:12 PM Re: word "guinea" jmh 04/27/2000 5:46 PM Re: word "guinea" pieman 04/27/2000 8:02 PM Re: word "guinea" paulb 04/28/2000 11:54 AM Re: word "guinea" tsuwm 04/28/2000 1:06 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 Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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