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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 3 of 5 1 2 3 4 5 Re: Boorish Charmer DBerman #192845 08/27/10 01:02 AM Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 655 Florida, USA beck123 addict beck123 addict Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 655 Florida, USA Yes, welcome aboard. Maybe you know what the vowels ẏ, y, ŷ and ŵ sound like in Welsh. "w" apparently has an "oo" sound. "I don't know which is worse: ignorance or apathy. And, frankly, I don't care." - Anonymous Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Boorish Charmer beck123 #192863 08/27/10 09:35 PM Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague BranShea Carpal Tunnel BranShea Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague Fẏr thŷm thŷt reallý ŵant to knoŵ. link Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Boorish Charmer DBerman #192867 08/27/10 11:40 PM Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 655 Florida, USA beck123 addict beck123 addict Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 655 Florida, USA Yeah, what Shea said. "I don't know which is worse: ignorance or apathy. And, frankly, I don't care." - Anonymous Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Boorish Charmer Faldage #192951 09/05/10 01:19 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky we stole boor from Dutch Ssh! They might want it back. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Boorish Charmer DBerman #192953 09/05/10 11:37 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Tough. It was their bad luck to meet up with us in a dark alley. They have to live with the consequences. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Boorish Charmer DBerman #192955 09/05/10 02:35 PM Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh we stole boor from Dutch Not necessarily. The origin of English boor is not so cut and dried. It might have come down via Middle and Old English from Proto-Germanic. Old English had gebūr 'dweller; farmer' and neāhbūr 'neighbor'. Ceci n'est pas un seing. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Boorish Charmer DBerman #192957 09/05/10 06:33 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Clark-Hall has ±būr, freeholder of the lowest class, peasant, farmer, where the ± signifies that it is found with and without the prefix ge-. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Boorish Charmer Faldage #192958 09/06/10 01:30 AM Joined: Jun 2000 Posts: 724 Avy old hand Avy old hand Joined: Jun 2000 Posts: 724 Originally Posted By: Faldage where the ± signifies that it is found with and without the prefix ge-. What is the ASCII code to get that plus and minus sign? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Boorish Charmer Avy #192961 09/06/10 02:12 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass one way to get it (and many other special characters) is to copy/paste it from the (Windows) Character Map: ± Start>All Programs>Accessories>System Tools>Character Map Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Boorish Charmer tsuwm #192962 09/06/10 02:45 AM Joined: Jun 2000 Posts: 724 Avy old hand Avy old hand Joined: Jun 2000 Posts: 724 Thanks. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 3 of 5 1 2 3 4 5 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. 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