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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Talk about contrived! #46059 10/27/2001 3:51 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 2,605 Keiva Carpal Tunnel Keiva Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 2,605 By odd chance (don't ask!) I happen to have that edition, plus the 1929 edition. The earlier is identical. It appears that the entry went without update for quite some time (the first paragraph cites population statistics from 1903). It may be that the Parisian term had fallen into disuse by the time of the 1929 and 1940 editions. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit 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 Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,374 Members9,211 Most Online7,006 Mar 7th, 2026 Newest Members Boo boo kitty fu, peterreineck, Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd 9,211 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 34 A C Bowden 15 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,202 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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