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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: er...ma'am (he said politely) #62556 03/27/2002 11:29 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Thank-you-maams were so named in the horse and buggy 5 mph country road days, created when road scraper hit a stone it couldn't move. A phrase from that era in the Just So Stories was the "wait-a-bit thornbush." Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted er...ma'am (he said politely) Keiva 03/27/2002 12:20 PM Re: er...ma'am (he said politely) dxb 03/27/2002 2:35 PM Re: er...ma'am (he said politely) modestgoddess 03/27/2002 8:04 PM Re: er...ma'am (he said politely) wwh 03/27/2002 11:29 PM Re: er...ma'am (he said politely) consuelo 03/30/2002 8:25 PM Re: er...ma'am (he said politely) wwh 03/27/2002 11:38 PM Re: er...ma'am (he said politely) Keiva 03/28/2002 10:45 PM Re: er...ma'am (he said politely) wwh 03/29/2002 1:18 AM Re: er...ma'am (he said politely) Keiva 03/29/2002 1:25 AM Re: er...ma'am (he said politely) Angel 03/29/2002 1:28 AM Re: er...ma'am (he said politely) wwh 03/29/2002 1:37 AM Re: er...ma'am (he said politely) Angel 03/29/2002 1:47 AM Re: er...ma'am (he said politely) wwh 03/29/2002 2:18 AM Re: er...ma'am (he said politely) modestgoddess 03/29/2002 2:55 AM Re: er...ma'am (he said politely) Angel 03/29/2002 3:09 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 Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,347 Members9,209 Most Online4,606 Sep 17th, 2025 Newest Members Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd, Tony Hood, Wood Delivery 9,209 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 33 A C Bowden 9 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,186 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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