Register Log In Wordsmith Talk Forums General Topics Wordplay and fun There's a name for this Search Advanced Forum Search Forums Calendar Active Threads

Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Only just on topic... #21043 03/05/2001 1:49 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,004 London, UK shanks old hand shanks old hand Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,004 London, UK Since your post about bats and their odd flying ways, I simply had to add this old chestnut: our word 'butterfly' comes, as far as I know, from the original 'flutterby', when the consonantal sounds were interchanged (through the process whose name even the mighty tsuwm has not yet authoritatively posted). "Noralottapeepulnothat" the sunshine "Harry Carter" warrior Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted There's a name for this Father Steve 03/03/2001 11:22 PM Re: There's a name for this AnnaStrophic 03/04/2001 1:55 AM Re: There's a name for this tsuwm 03/04/2001 2:09 AM Re: There's a name for this tsuwm 03/04/2001 2:14 AM Re: There's a name for this Capital Kiwi 03/04/2001 3:22 AM Re: There's a name for this wwh 03/04/2001 6:37 PM Re: There's a name for this Rapunzel 03/04/2001 7:58 PM Re: There's a name for this shanks 03/05/2001 1:38 PM Re: There's a name for this Bobyoungbalt 03/05/2001 3:52 PM Re: There's a name for this Fiberbabe 03/05/2001 4:54 PM Re: There's a name for this Shoshannah 03/04/2001 8:42 PM Re: There's a name for this wwh 03/04/2001 8:51 PM Re: There's a name for this Shoshannah 03/04/2001 9:02 PM Re: There's a name for this Marianna 03/04/2001 9:19 PM Re: There's a name for this Jazzoctopus 03/04/2001 9:26 PM Re: There's a name for this Marianna 03/04/2001 10:18 PM Re: There's a name for this AnnaStrophic 03/05/2001 11:33 AM Only just on topic... shanks 03/05/2001 1:49 PM Re: Only just on topic... Bobyoungbalt 03/05/2001 3:55 PM Re: There's a name for this tsuwm 03/05/2001 3:27 AM Re: There's a name for this Sparteye 03/05/2001 2:44 PM Re: There's a name for this wwh 03/05/2001 3:14 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 Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,382 Members9,211 Most Online7,006 Mar 7th, 2026 Newest Members Boo boo kitty fu, peterreineck, Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd 9,211 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 37 A C Bowden 17 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,208 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

Default Style BlackNTan Drab eBay GooG v2 infopop new dark new light original dark original stock rounded corners Slate snow sunny dropshadow theblues Touch Of Grey UBB.threads UBB.threads - Dark UBB.threads - Light UBBCentral UBBCentral - Crimson UBBCentral - Lime UBBCentral - Marshmallow UBBCentral - Mocha UBBCentral - Zen UBBT77 UBBT77 - Dark ubbthreads ubbthreads-dark Forum Rules · Mark All Read Contact Us · Forum Help · Wordsmith Talk