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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: birl Bill Palmer #186436 08/12/09 03:24 PM Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 1 R rocksan stranger rocksan stranger R Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 1 Birling is also the chorus of this famous Canadian NFB animated short, the Log Driver's Waltz: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ekqsHP9Sck "And he goes birling down & down white water/that's where the log driver learns to step lightly..." I never knew it was a real English word, I always just assumed it was Northern Ontario slang! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted birl Bill Palmer 08/12/09 07:38 AM Re: birl rocksan 08/12/09 03:24 PM Re: birl Jackie 08/13/09 02:16 AM Re: birl Faldage 08/13/09 10:29 AM Re: birl jimat38 08/15/09 08:02 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 Topics13,913 Posts229,423 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 793 guests, and 3 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 35 A C Bowden 23 LukeJavan8 3 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,593 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,922 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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