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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: told their rosary #1913 05/06/2000 10:08 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 140 Melbourne, Australia lusy member lusy member Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 140 Melbourne, Australia I have certainly heard this usage. Could it possibly relate to "tell" in the sense of "count" as much as "recite"? Just a guess, I was brought up as a WOP. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted told their rosary cadaver 05/06/2000 12:22 PM Re: told their rosary jmh 05/06/2000 5:56 PM Re: told their rosary tsuwm 05/06/2000 8:32 PM Re: told their rosary lusy 05/06/2000 10:08 PM Re: told their rosary tsuwm 05/07/2000 2:00 PM Re: told their rosary Jackie 05/07/2000 4:00 PM Re: told their rosary jmh 05/07/2000 5:32 PM Re: told their rosary tututu 05/08/2000 11:49 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

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