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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Swimmingly well #45974 10/26/2001 4:43 AM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 866 Perth, Western Australia stales old hand stales old hand Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 866 Perth, Western Australia Thanks Tsuwm - doncha just hate those "obsc" etymologies!! Am struggling with the derivation from the Hindi though. Having lived in Bombay/Mumbai, "Thik hai" was absorbed into the stales' family dialect years ago. We pronounce it "tee - khi" which is nothing like "tick-ett-ee". And whence the "boo"? Like the idea of it being service slang. stales Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Swimmingly well stales 10/26/2001 2:36 AM Re: Swimmingly well Lucy 10/26/2001 3:18 AM Re: Swimmingly well tsuwm 10/26/2001 3:54 AM Re: Swimmingly well stales 10/26/2001 4:43 AM Re: Swimmingly well Echo 10/27/2001 5:12 AM Re: tickety-boo wow 10/27/2001 1:33 PM Re: tickety-boo Capital Kiwi 10/27/2001 5:12 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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