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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread rehashed topic #4 - jamfled #169723 08/28/2007 3:34 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 this mystery was resolved, between the interlocutor and myself: the worthless word for the day is: jamfle [Sc. jamphle < jamph, travel with difficulty] to shuffle in walking, as if in consequence of wearing too wide shoes {Jamieson} "And in the morning I jamfled over to the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research and their archives..." - Glen Berger, Underneath the Lintel (2001) (thanx to John Huston) -tsuwm Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: rehashed topic #4 - jamfled tsuwm #169724 08/28/2007 3:51 PM Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 557 Dallas, TX Myridon addict Myridon addict Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 557 Dallas, TX John Huston died 20 years ago today. Is this a coincidence, a connection, or a random tribute? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: rehashed topic #4 - jamfled Myridon #169725 08/28/2007 4:01 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 yet another John Huston, so most likely a coincidence (although one shouldn't rule out random connections). -joe (too much James Burke?) friday 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 Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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