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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 4 of 4 1 2 3 4 Re: the arfname dog-and-pony show olly #179267 09/24/08 11:08 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 The original joke was that the Welsh were so poor they couldn't even afford rabbit so they had to substitute an egg/cheese mixture. The reason this was a joke is that the standard method of getting rabbit was to poach it. Later, people not understanding the joke and seeing no rabbit in the dish came up with the folk etymology. That's probably a folk story of its own but I'm sticking with it till I'm proven wrong. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: the arfname dog-and-pony show Faldage #179268 09/24/08 11:26 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 poach¹ from F. pochier, to poach eggs; and poach² from F. pocher, to poke - add to homonyms file Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: the arfname dog-and-pony show Faldage #179280 09/25/08 06:48 PM Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague BranShea Carpal Tunnel BranShea Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague >>That's probably a folk story of its own but I'm sticking with it till I'm proven wrong. You're proven right. I've heard that story before, but have forgotten when and where. Among folks I guess. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 4 of 4 1 2 3 4 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 Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,652 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 (), 156 guests, and 3 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 27 A C Bowden 12 LukeJavan8 3 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,758 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,936 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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