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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Full Monty #33555 06/26/01 07:52 AM Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 609 Portsmouth, United Kingdom R rodward addict rodward addict R Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 609 Portsmouth, United Kingdom that the word, monty comes from the French, monte, meaning "to show". Sorry, llama22, but the phrase had nothing to do with show (although it seems to have taken on this meaning, particularly in US, since the film), and monte would have to have dropped the r from montre. But many theories are no better, so you could still be right. Rod Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Full Monty llama22 06/25/01 03:11 PM Re: Full Monty Casey-Canada 06/25/01 05:19 PM Re: Full Monty WhitmanO'Neill 06/25/01 07:30 PM Re: Full Monty Faldage 06/25/01 07:51 PM Re: Full Monty wwh 06/25/01 08:02 PM Weekly Themes AnnaStrophic 06/25/01 11:06 PM Re: Weekly Themes wwh 06/25/01 11:37 PM [Duck and cover e] Faldage 06/26/01 10:53 AM Re: Weekly Themes wwh 06/25/01 11:40 PM Re: Full Monty WhitmanO'Neill 06/26/01 01:08 AM Re: Full Monty wsieber 06/27/01 12:19 PM Re: Full Monty rodward 06/26/01 07:52 AM 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 Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,915 Posts229,994 Members9,198 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members testawad, Bill_L, achz, MAGNVSTALSMA, Burlyfish 9,198 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 848 guests, and 2 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 27 A C Bowden 15 LukeJavan8 5 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,957 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,955 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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