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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 2 of 2 1 2 Re: Q. about a Phrase! #37753 09/10/2001 5:52 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta Bingley Carpal Tunnel Bingley Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta Steinbeck's "The Grapes of Wrath" may (or may not) have been translated into Japanese as "Angry Raisins". http://www.snopes.com/language/misxlate/raisins.htm Bingley Bingley Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Q. about a Phrase! #37754 09/10/2001 4:07 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,819 Spam Factory Alex Williams Pooh-Bah Alex Williams Pooh-Bah Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,819 Spam Factory In reply to: This is unimaginable to me, though I know that there were at least rumors of similar things in Vietnam. Jackie, in Viet Nam they coined a term for killing an officer who was either incompetent or otherwise undesirable, to frag a lieutenant. I am pretty sure that it comes from fragmentation grenade. While the officer was sitting in the latrine someone would toss a hand grenade in and the helpless man would be blown up. Not nice. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Q. about a Phrase! #37755 09/10/2001 4:40 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 maverick Carpal Tunnel maverick Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 not nice But also infrequent. Which led to its other name: just a flash in the pan 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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