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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: wend BranShea #184808 05/15/2009 4:15 PM Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,974 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,974 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water Originally Posted By: BranShea Yes, welcome and so to MC Quoid. That's what made me associate it with that long and winding road. Wenden is a Dutch verb meaning a moderate change of direction. It's used in a figurative way as "wenden en keren". Context: "whichever way you wendt and turn it, it can't be done." It's an extremely poetic and colorful word. Welcome McQuoid. ----please, draw me a sheep---- Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted wend M. McQuoid 05/14/2009 4:54 PM Re: wend BranShea 05/14/2009 7:52 PM Re: wend nsilverrod 05/14/2009 10:48 PM Re: wend BranShea 05/15/2009 5:35 AM Re: wend zmjezhd 05/15/2009 12:40 PM Re: wend LukeJavan8 05/15/2009 4:15 PM Re: wend goofy 05/22/2009 4:35 PM Re: wend LukeJavan8 05/22/2009 5:05 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 Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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