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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 Share Post on Reddit 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 Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,361 Members9,209 Most Online7,006 Mar 7th, 2026 Newest Members Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd, Tony Hood, Wood Delivery 9,209 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 37 A C Bowden 12 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,195 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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