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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: who understands... #34423 07/02/2001 2:34 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Please, would the members of the Board stand for a discussion of the origin of the phrase "stand for". I suspect it came from breeding horses, but have no means of confirming that. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted who understands... Alex Williams 07/01/2001 10:43 AM Re: who understands... wwh 07/01/2001 2:40 PM Re: who understands... WhitmanO'Neill 07/01/2001 8:40 PM Re: who understands... AnnaStrophic 07/01/2001 8:48 PM Re: who understands... tsuwm 07/02/2001 2:46 AM Re: who understands... Faldage 07/02/2001 12:16 PM Re: who understands... belligerentyouth 07/02/2001 2:00 PM Re: who understands... Faldage 07/02/2001 2:10 PM Re: who understands... wwh 07/02/2001 2:34 PM Re: who understands... tsuwm 07/02/2001 4:47 PM Re: who understands... wwh 07/02/2001 5:11 PM Re: who understands... tsuwm 07/02/2001 5:28 PM Re: who understands... wwh 07/02/2001 5:41 PM Re: who understands... Faldage 07/02/2001 6:36 PM Re: who understands... wwh 07/02/2001 6:52 PM Re: who understands... Faldage 07/02/2001 6:58 PM Re: who understands... wwh 07/02/2001 7:23 PM Re: who understands... Faldage 07/02/2001 7:25 PM Re: who understands... wwh 07/02/2001 8:21 PM Stand for... Fiberbabe 07/02/2001 5:33 PM Re: who understands... wsieber 07/02/2001 1:17 PM Re: who understands... Jazzoctopus 07/01/2001 10:07 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 Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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