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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: If "quid" means "what" in Latin zmjezhd #180025 11/01/08 12:08 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: zmjezhd I derive quiddich from Kwisatz Haderach. That would be plausible if Quidditch was the title of the heir of Slytherin or something, but I see no connection between a Messiah-like figure and a brutal game. Phonemically it doesn't fit either - the 'ch' in Kwisatz Haderach is like the 'ch' in loch or chemist, not the 'ch' in china. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted If "quid" means "what" in Latin missdannimac 10/31/08 03:35 PM Re: If "quid" means "what" in Latin tsuwm 10/31/08 03:40 PM Re: If "quid" means "what" in Latin Myridon 10/31/08 04:14 PM Re: quidditas quidditatum zmjezhd 10/31/08 05:26 PM Re: quidditas quidditatum BranShea 10/31/08 06:37 PM Re: quidditas quidditatum Myridon 10/31/08 06:56 PM Re: If "quid" means "what" in Latin zmjezhd 10/31/08 04:08 PM Re: If "quid" means "what" in Latin twosleepy 10/31/08 06:50 PM Re: If "quid" means "what" in Latin Buffalo Shrdlu 10/31/08 06:52 PM Re: livin' la vida santarogana zmjezhd 10/31/08 07:02 PM Re: livin' la vida santarogana twosleepy 10/31/08 09:54 PM Re: livin' la vida santarogana zmjezhd 10/31/08 10:23 PM Re: livin' la vida santarogana tsuwm 10/31/08 10:33 PM Re: If "quid" means "what" in Latin The Pook 11/01/08 12:08 AM Re: If "quid" means "what" in Latin vfjmclachlan 11/01/08 07:22 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 Topics13,915 Posts229,920 Members9,197 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Bill_L, achz, MAGNVSTALSMA, Burlyfish, Renegade98 9,197 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 969 guests, and 2 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 29 A C Bowden 27 LukeJavan8 4 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,911 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,948 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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