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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Talk about contrived! #46069 10/29/2001 3:47 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 "In Paris, the name Apache is given to a class of criminals to describe whom in America the name thug was borrowed from India." Another instance of a more conservative usage in which case is used to impart a meaning which we, in our more enlightened era, consign to prepositions. See also, Toys-R-Us® 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 Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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