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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Site about Names #47684 11/12/2001 9:50 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 The URL below is to site with a fair amount of information about names. http://www.familychronicle.com/surname.html Another interesting site about history of plumbing. For instance it says some Roman plumbers were women. http://www.plumbingproducts.com/histhomas.html Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: A fun word site #47685 11/13/2001 10:17 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 This URL is for a dictionary and phrase book published in 1848. It is fun to browse through. For instance, I learned that a catamaran was a name for a raft to cross a river, long before it became a fancy twin hulled racing sailboat. Do you know what it means "To acknowledge the corn" ? You can find it here http://www.merrycoz.org/voices/bartlett/AMER02.HTM Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: mythology links #47686 11/14/2001 12:20 AM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Here is a site about the Sphinx and riddle, but at bottom there are quite a few links to other mythology siteshttp://www.nmia.com/~sphinx/greek_sphinx.html Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: A fun word site #47687 11/21/2001 3:08 AM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Wordwind stumped me with word "epulation" When I looked it up, I found a word site new to me. http://archives.emazing.com/archives/word/2001-08-02 Here are some of the words I found there: Pogonip,aposematic,ensorcell,apotropaic, torsade, jobation uliginous The navigation is a bit tricky, sorry about that. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter 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 Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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