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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: The Final(?) Word #34874 07/10/2001 4:22 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta Bingley Carpal Tunnel Bingley Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta I must admit I've never heard of portobello/a mushrooms before, but there is Portobello Road in London, which is famous for its street market. According to the website for Kensington and Chelsea (http://www.rbkc.gov.uk/EnvironmentalServices/StreetTrading/history.asp ) the name comes from Puerto Bello in the Caribbean. Perhaps you should be looking at your Spanish dictionaries rather than your Italian ones. Bingley Bingley Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit 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 Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,915 Posts230,287 Members9,208 Most Online4,606 Sep 17th, 2025 Newest Members JerryC, blvd, Tony Hood, Wood Delivery, Forix Richard 9,208 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 21 A C Bowden 8 JerryC 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,140 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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