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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Obambulate — and bidentate et al BranShea #179770 10/23/2008 11:14 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Originally Posted By: BranShea I don't see te relevance of the word 'meeken' at all. (?) It's a pretty weak member of this group. Only reason I can see for its having been chosen is the fact that it has the phonemes /m/, /k/, and /n/. Surely there must have been better choices, something maybe with the prefix caino- or the suffix -caine. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Obambulate — and bidentate et al Faldage 10/22/2008 2:12 AM Re: Obambulate — and bidentate et al BranShea 10/22/2008 3:17 PM Re: Obambulate — and bidentate et al zmjezhd 10/22/2008 3:47 PM Re: Obambulate — and bidentate et al BranShea 10/23/2008 7:02 AM Re: Obambulate — and bidentate et al Faldage 10/23/2008 11:14 AM Re: Obambulate — and bidentate et al BranShea 10/23/2008 3:32 PM Re: Obambulate — and bidentate et al tsuwm 10/23/2008 5:48 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 Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,328 Members9,209 Most Online4,606 Sep 17th, 2025 Newest Members Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd, Tony Hood, Wood Delivery 9,209 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 31 A C Bowden 9 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,171 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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