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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: grotesque BranShea #171005 10/30/07 12:15 AM Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada Z Zed Pooh-Bah Zed Pooh-Bah Z Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada Quote: Just to add something to the Etymology of wwh's first post in 2004 . Gargoyles are grotesqe but the word come from gargouille, Old French for throat. Grotesqe from 'grottesche'. Is this becouse they were used at the end of gutters to direct the rain off the cathedral walls? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted grotesque wwh 02/27/04 12:40 AM Re: grotesque Fiberbabe 02/27/04 02:30 PM Re: grotesque wwh 02/27/04 04:25 PM Re: grotesque Faldage 02/27/04 04:27 PM Re: grotesque jheem 02/27/04 04:44 PM Re: grotesque wwh 02/27/04 04:54 PM Re: grotesque jheem 02/27/04 05:11 PM Re: grotesque Wordwind 09/11/04 02:07 PM Re: grotesque Dogin123 10/29/07 12:37 AM Re: grotesque BranShea 10/29/07 05:27 AM Re: grotesque Faldage 10/29/07 10:41 AM Re: grotesque zmjezhd 10/29/07 04:42 PM Re: grotesque BranShea 10/29/07 04:46 PM Re: grotesque Buffalo Shrdlu 10/29/07 09:45 PM Re: grotesque tsuwm 10/29/07 09:50 PM Re: grotesque Zed 10/30/07 12:15 AM Re: grotesque BranShea 10/30/07 08:22 AM Re: grotesque Buffalo Shrdlu 10/30/07 12:14 PM Re: grotesque R. Eastcourt 11/17/07 06:57 AM 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 Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,809 Members9,187 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Karin, JeffMackwood, artguitar, Jim_W, Rdbuffalo 9,187 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 875 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 31 A C Bowden 17 LukeJavan8 5 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,851 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,944 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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