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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread My Mother's Answer #230542 06/29/20 11:58 AM Joined: Apr 2020 Posts: 1 Greater Boston R RobertJ OP stranger OP RobertJ stranger R Joined: Apr 2020 Posts: 1 Greater Boston Whenever we asked my mother a question she didn't want to answer she would say, "It's crantantha (krantantha)." My quick Google search yielded nothing. Has anyone ever come across this word? Does anyone have any idea of its origins? Did she make it up? If it is of any help, she was second generation Irish-American. Many thanks, Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: My Mother's Answer RobertJ #230543 06/29/20 04:51 PM Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,968 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,968 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water ]WELCOME Last edited by LukeJavan8; 06/29/20 04:52 PM. ----please, draw me a sheep---- 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 Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,915 Posts230,127 Members9,198 Most Online4,606 Sep 17th, 2025 Newest Members testawad, Bill_L, achz, MAGNVSTALSMA, Burlyfish 9,198 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 2,011 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 21 A C Bowden 13 LukeJavan8 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,032 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,968 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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