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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: The Final(?) Word #34870 07/09/2001 5:21 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 it seems to be pseudo-Italian I did find a reference to a Portobello in Italy but it was Portobello di something-or-other. To add to the confusion one site or another (I forget which) said the mushroom got its name from the fact that it was *thought to be from Italy (emphasis mine). Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Mushrooms AnnaStrophic 07/06/2001 9:33 PM Re: Mushrooms inselpeter 07/06/2001 9:39 PM Re: Mushrooms emanuela 07/07/2001 2:52 PM Re: Mushrooms wwh 07/07/2001 3:13 PM Re: Mushrooms wwh 07/08/2001 12:29 PM Re: Mushrooms AnnaStrophic 07/08/2001 1:18 PM Re: Mushrooms wwh 07/08/2001 4:13 PM Not so fast, boys and girls. Faldage 07/09/2001 1:00 PM And to add to the mystery Faldage 07/09/2001 3:09 PM The Final(?) Word Faldage 07/09/2001 3:25 PM Re: The Final(?) Word Bean 07/09/2001 5:13 PM Re: The Final(?) Word Faldage 07/09/2001 5:21 PM Re: The Final(?) Word inselpeter 07/09/2001 5:35 PM Re: The Final(?) Word Faldage 07/09/2001 5:42 PM Re: The Final(?) Word AnnaStrophic 07/09/2001 9:02 PM Re: The Final(?) Word Bingley 07/10/2001 4:22 AM Re: The Final(?) Word maverick 07/10/2001 10:09 AM Re: The Final(?) Word of troy 07/11/2001 5:12 PM Re: peter piper's picks Anonymous 07/11/2001 8:11 PM Re: peter piper's picks of troy 07/11/2001 9:08 PM Max Quordlepleen 07/11/2001 9:25 PM Re: peter piper's picks belMarduk 07/11/2001 9:40 PM Max Quordlepleen 07/11/2001 10:12 PM Re: peter piper's picks of troy 07/12/2001 2:55 PM deceased equine AnnaStrophic 07/11/2001 11:09 PM Re: deceased equine of troy 07/12/2001 2:32 PM Re: the fungus amongus consuelo 07/13/2001 2:38 AM Re: The Final(?) Word Bean 07/13/2001 11:14 AM Re: Mushrooms: Italian??? emanuela 07/09/2001 1:01 PM Re: Mushrooms: Italian??? Bean 07/09/2001 2:56 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

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