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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Market tree gone a rye? #174331 03/07/2008 6:07 PM Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 557 Dallas, TX Myridon addict Myridon addict Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 557 Dallas, TX In "Bed Bath & Beyond" (sic) yesterday, I noticed a large display of nice bamboo picture frames in different styles distinguished by the pattern of the grain of the "wood" (it's not nice to fool Mother Nature - if you think it's wood but it's grass - it's bamboo). Looking at the sign above the display, the styles were identified as straight, angled, and parkway. Parkway...? Say it isn't so! I picked up the one that is not straight or angled, and the store-generated sticker says... Dun duh-duh DUH! PARKAY Do I loose my descriptivist badge for having a "(par)Kay, Margarina!"-dancing meltdown over a parquet picture frame? ---- "Si! Mantequilla!" "Parkaaaay..." Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Market tree gone a rye? Myridon #174333 03/07/2008 6:35 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York Yep, you loose it. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Market tree gone a rye? AnnaStrophic #174338 03/07/2008 8:46 PM Joined: May 2005 Posts: 456 SE US Aramis addict Aramis addict Joined: May 2005 Posts: 456 SE US Touché, Annay. ÅΓª╥┐↕§ Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Market tree gone a rye? Aramis #174340 03/07/2008 9:22 PM Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 557 Dallas, TX Myridon addict Myridon addict Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 557 Dallas, TX Unloose the badgers of war! Typo nitpickers are fair game! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Market tree gone a rye? Myridon #174341 03/07/2008 9:41 PM Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 390 कहीं &... latishya enthusiast latishya enthusiast Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 390 कहीं &... Originally Posted By: Myridon Unloose the badgers of war! Someone tyeing up badgers? This I gotta see. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Market tree gone a rye? latishya #174344 03/07/2008 11:23 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont my favorite name for a WorldofWarcraft guild name is "Bloodbath & Beyond". makes me laugh every time I see it. Butter. formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Market tree gone a rye? Buffalo Shrdlu #174358 03/08/2008 12:25 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 We allus called it Bed Bath & Beyoncé. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Market tree gone a rye? Faldage #174374 03/08/2008 1:58 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York I dunno, I kinda like Bed Bath & Breakfast. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Market tree gone a rye? AnnaStrophic #174378 03/08/2008 4:41 PM Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,773 Apple Valley, CA, USA dalehileman Pooh-Bah dalehileman Pooh-Bah Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,773 Apple Valley, CA, USA Alas, but now we have two eta's Yours for fewer and fewer unnecessary keystrokes dalehileman Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Market tree gone a rye? latishya #174905 03/20/2008 7:11 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,027 Switzerland wsieber old hand wsieber old hand Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,027 Switzerland unloose - indeed intriguing. The OED does not give a satisfactory etymology. Apparently not related to "loose" ?! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Market tree gone a rye? wsieber #174922 03/21/2008 1:43 AM Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 1,067 Tasmania The Pook old hand The Pook old hand Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 1,067 Tasmania  Originally Posted By: wsieber unloose - indeed intriguing. The OED does not give a satisfactory etymology. Apparently not related to "loose" ?! 'loose' apparently comes from Old Norse. Isn't 'unloose' just 'loose' with the prefix 'un' added? Though in this case, as in 'flammable' and 'inflammable' the prefix is not a negating one but an intensifying one. Another possibility I would have thought is Greek λύω (loo-Oh, IPA lʉʊ). Perhaps one comes from Gk the other from Norse? Last edited by The Pook; 03/21/2008 1:44 AM. 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