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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Parvenu #201986 08/22/2011 2:36 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 ...the newly rich. After 1960 this city experienced rapid growth. Once known for the world's largest stockyards, they were closed, as meat was processed more and more where the cattle were. People moved out in droves to suburbs, and many people became the "newly rich". Yet the rich here for generations were less inclined to accept them on equal terms. The area of the city where I live was a cornfield when I was in high school, and it rapidly became the center of the city, which has since moved farther west by miles. I remember many discussions and newspaper articles about this - so it is very interesting to me. ----please, draw me a sheep---- Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Parvenu LukeJavan8 #201991 08/22/2011 6:59 PM Joined: Aug 2011 Posts: 1 Griff stranger Griff stranger Joined: Aug 2011 Posts: 1 When I saw this word, and its definition, I immediately thought about Thomas Sutpen in Faulkner's "Abasalom, Abasalom!" Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Parvenu Griff #201995 08/23/2011 12:36 AM 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 WELCOME GRIFF ----please, draw me a sheep---- Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Parvenu LukeJavan8 #202021 08/23/2011 4:34 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 We have two discussions of "parvenu" going. Here is the other: http://wordsmith.org/board/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=202020#Post202020 Can they be combined Jackie??? ----please, draw me a sheep---- Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Parvenu LukeJavan8 #202028 08/24/2011 2:30 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Nope. But we can deal with it. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter 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 Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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