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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Whitewash #49335 12/04/01 08:51 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 2,605 K Keiva Carpal Tunnel Keiva Carpal Tunnel K Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 2,605 Anu informs us that A Potemkin village is, in other words, whitewash taken to the Nth degree. In this I would, with all due trepidation and respect, disagree with Anu. IMHO, a Potemkin village feigns the existence of a non-existent thing; a whitewash conceals the defects in an existent thing. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Whitewash doc_comfort 12/04/01 01:24 AM Re: Whitewash wwh 12/04/01 01:50 AM Re: Whitewash Sparteye 12/04/01 05:52 PM Re: Whitewash Wordwind 12/04/01 06:04 PM Re: Blinking the eye Faldage 12/04/01 06:16 PM Re: Blinking the eye Wordwind 12/04/01 07:02 PM Re: Blinking the monkey's eye Faldage 12/04/01 07:13 PM Re: Blinking the monkey's eye Wordwind 12/04/01 07:23 PM Re: ape tales Faldage 12/04/01 07:32 PM Max Quordlepleen 12/04/01 07:58 PM Re: snake legs Faldage 12/04/01 08:14 PM Max Quordlepleen 12/04/01 08:21 PM snakes are strictly forbidden in NZ. TEd Remington 12/06/01 05:34 PM Re: snakes are strictly forbidden in NZ. Faldage 12/06/01 05:36 PM Max Quordlepleen 12/06/01 06:23 PM The difference between horses and birds Sparteye 12/05/01 02:44 PM Re: The difference between horses and birds Jackie 12/06/01 12:27 AM Re: The difference between horses and birds WhitmanO'Neill 12/06/01 02:44 AM Re: The difference between horses and birds Sparteye 12/07/01 07:24 PM Re: The difference between horses and birds TEd Remington 12/07/01 09:35 PM Re: The difference between horses and birds Bingley 12/09/01 08:17 AM Re: Learned Hand, 1862-1971 Keiva 12/09/01 03:20 PM Regina v. Ojibway TEd Remington 12/06/01 05:54 PM Re: Whitewash Capital Kiwi 12/04/01 07:51 PM Re: Whitewash musick 12/04/01 10:08 PM Re: Whitewash WhitmanO'Neill 12/06/01 02:28 AM Re: Whitewash & Tomsawyering of troy 12/06/01 05:49 PM Re: Whitewash stales 12/05/01 02:25 AM Shellacing Bobyoungbalt 12/05/01 03:02 AM Re: Whitewash Bobyoungbalt 12/05/01 02:59 AM Re: Whitewash Keiva 12/04/01 08:40 PM Re: Whitewash Flatlander 12/05/01 02:31 PM Re: Whitewash Keiva 12/04/01 08:51 PM Re: Whitewash Wordwind 12/04/01 09:20 PM Re: Whitewash Faldage 12/05/01 03:01 PM Re: Whitewash Keiva 12/05/01 10:09 PM Re: Whitewash Wordwind 12/06/01 12:41 AM Re: Whitewashed Potemkin Faldage 12/06/01 05:09 PM Re: Whitewashed Potemkin Faldage 12/06/01 06:05 PM Re: Whitewash Jackie 12/04/01 10:26 PM Re: Whitewash Wordwind 12/05/01 12:46 AM Re: Whitewash of troy 12/05/01 01:20 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 Topics13,913 Posts229,413 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 1 members (wofahulicodoc), 998 guests, and 6 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 38 A C Bowden 26 LukeJavan8 4 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,584 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,922 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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