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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread The windmills of my mind #39133 08/22/2001 5:09 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta Bingley Carpal Tunnel Bingley Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta I happened to use the word rota the other day, only to find that my interlocutor (a USn) had only the vaguest idea of what I meant. I then tried it out on a group of assorted Canadians and Australians to find that although they understood it, it was not the word they would use. Is its use confined to the UK? Bingley Bingley Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted The windmills of my mind Bingley 08/22/2001 5:09 AM Max Quordlepleen 08/22/2001 6:50 AM Re: The windmills of my mind emanuela 08/22/2001 6:59 AM Re: The windmills of my mind Marianna 08/22/2001 7:00 AM Re: The windmills of my mind of troy 08/22/2001 2:36 PM Re: The windmills of my mind wwh 08/22/2001 3:11 PM Re: The windmills of my mind Faldage 08/22/2001 3:16 PM Re: The windmills of my mind Marianna 08/22/2001 4:07 PM Re: The windmills of my mind of troy 08/22/2001 4:28 PM Re: The windmills of my mind Bean 08/22/2001 4:45 PM Re: Schedule, Schmedule Faldage 08/22/2001 5:00 PM Re: The windmills of my mind Jackie 08/22/2001 11:09 AM Re: The windmills of my mind wwh 08/22/2001 12:39 PM Re: The windmills of my rotating mind wow 08/22/2001 2:09 PM Re: Fortuna rota volvitur Faldage 08/22/2001 1:11 PM Re: The windmills of my mind TEd Remington 08/22/2001 4:52 PM Re: The windmills of my mind wwh 08/22/2001 9:18 PM Re: The windmills of my mind Bingley 08/23/2001 4:48 AM Re: The windmills of my mind stales 08/23/2001 5:23 AM Re: The windmills of my mind Marianna 08/23/2001 7:58 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

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