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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: OUCH! #59787 03/06/2002 11:54 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 393 London NicholasW enthusiast NicholasW enthusiast Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 393 London Could be onomatopoeic in origin. Till the seventeenth century it would be pronounced ooch, which has the vowel of the more natural howler-monkey exclamation we make on finding something is too hot. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted OUCH! Sparteye 03/05/2002 6:17 PM Re: OUCH! TEd Remington 03/05/2002 6:20 PM Re: OUCH! Bean 03/05/2002 6:39 PM Re: OUCH! Hyla 03/05/2002 6:39 PM Re: OUCH! Bean 03/05/2002 6:44 PM Re: OUCH! AnnaStrophic 03/05/2002 6:45 PM Re: OUCH! boronia 03/05/2002 8:27 PM French "aie!" wofahulicodoc 03/05/2002 11:21 PM En Español consuelo 03/06/2002 12:38 AM Re: French "aie!" belMarduk 03/11/2002 2:34 AM M'aidez ? wofahulicodoc 03/11/2002 10:05 PM Re: M'aidez ? belMarduk 03/11/2002 10:08 PM Re: M'aidez ? wwh 03/11/2002 10:17 PM Re: Premarin? Angel 03/12/2002 1:02 AM Re: Premarin? doc_comfort 03/12/2002 4:12 AM Re: Premarin? Jackie 03/12/2002 12:53 PM Re: Premarin? Faldage 03/12/2002 1:47 PM Re: Premarin? Sparteye 03/13/2002 3:00 PM Re: Premarin? Faldage 03/13/2002 3:27 PM Whence "Premarin"? wofahulicodoc 03/13/2002 7:00 PM Re: OUCH! hev 03/06/2002 1:21 AM Re: OUCH! stales 03/10/2002 1:40 PM Re: OUCH! hev 03/11/2002 12:53 AM Re: OUCH! jmh 03/06/2002 7:21 AM Re: OUCH! NicholasW 03/06/2002 11:54 AM Ouch, we're cooking! belligerentyouth 03/06/2002 3:03 PM Re: OUCH! Sparteye 03/10/2002 12:52 AM Autsch! belligerentyouth 03/11/2002 10:25 PM Re: Autsch! belMarduk 03/11/2002 10:39 PM Re: OUCH! stales 03/12/2002 1:17 PM Re: OUCH! Wordwind 03/12/2002 1:32 PM Re: OUCH! Capital Kiwi 03/12/2002 6:01 PM Re: OUCH! belMarduk 03/13/2002 2:25 AM Re: OUCH! milum 03/13/2002 10:22 AM Re: OUCH!/swearing boronia 03/13/2002 1:48 PM Re: OUCH! Sparteye 03/13/2002 3:05 PM Re: OUCH! Bingley 04/01/2002 7:57 AM 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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