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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 2 of 2 1 2 Re: Go! Fight! Win! #32226 06/28/2001 11:45 AM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 maverick Carpal Tunnel maverick Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 It IS, Rhuby? Strange, I've never heard it so named. OU always stands for Open University in the conversations I have seen, as the largest Uni in Europe. I have only ever heard reference to Oxford - rarely pure, never simple Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Go! Fight! Win! #32227 06/28/2001 12:14 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 While we are talking about Universities, how about a discussion of the origin of the term;. I have heard several, which I do not remember accurately. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Conrad & Nabokov #32228 06/28/2001 10:05 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York Re: Second-language writers: WON & paulb, yep, those are the two who stand out (yes, Conrad was obvious, but gee whiz, give a girl® a break ). And then there is Samuel Beckett - but he wrote in French. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 2 of 2 1 2 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

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