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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Talk about contrived! #46058 10/27/2001 3:37 PM Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 36 Kupatchka newbie Kupatchka newbie Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 36 In my old (14th edition, 1940) Encyclopaedia Britannica, there are two paragraphs under the heading Apache. The first describes the North American Indians of that name. The second I quote in its entirety: "In Paris, the name Apache is given to a class of criminals to describe whom in America the name thug was borrowed from India." Does that strike anyone else as funny as it does me? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Talk about contrived! Kupatchka 10/27/2001 3:37 PM Re: Talk about contrived! Keiva 10/27/2001 3:51 PM Re: Talk about contrived! tsuwm 10/27/2001 4:06 PM Re: Talk about contrived! of troy 10/27/2001 4:10 PM Re: Talk about contrived! wwh 10/27/2001 4:24 PM Re: Talk about contrived! NicholasW 10/27/2001 9:19 PM Post deleted by Wordwind Wordwind 10/27/2001 10:15 PM Do the edits help? TEd Remington 10/27/2001 11:39 PM Re: Talk about contrived! Bingley 10/29/2001 8:54 AM Post deleted by Wordwind Wordwind 10/29/2001 9:18 AM Re: Talk about contrived! Bingley 10/29/2001 9:42 AM Re: Talk about contrived! Keiva 10/29/2001 6:08 PM Re: Talk about contrived! Jackie 10/30/2001 1:46 AM Post deleted by Wordwind Wordwind 10/30/2001 10:15 AM Re: Talk about contrived! Jackie 10/30/2001 3:50 PM Re: Talk about contrived! of troy 10/30/2001 6:45 PM Re: Talk about contrived! Faldage 10/29/2001 3:47 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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