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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread daily words #63628 04/03/2002 5:31 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass a subscriber suggested mallemaroking to me, and my first thought was that it must be a jocular reference to a cookie magnate, but wait... imagine my surprise to find it recently covered by Quinion (ycliu) -- I continue to be gobsmacked by these discoveries. I suppose that's why I continue to participate in this daily word dingus. http://www.salon.com/april97/wanderlust/malle970408.html (http://home.mn.rr.com/wwftd/) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: daily words #63629 04/03/2002 6:05 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Dear tsuwm: Thank you, thank you for that URL. I really enjoyed it in spite of having been frustrated in my expectation of some titillating tidbits about whalers' inventing venery variations surpassing those of the Portuguese cod fishers. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: daily words #63630 04/03/2002 8:39 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Oh, tsuwm--what a strange word! I, too, thought of Mallomars when I first saw it. (Never had one, though.) And that guy is funny! Witness: (Etymologies are often more puzzling than they should be: I have often wondered why the modern word travel comes from the tripalium, a three-legged Roman torture device. But then I go somewhere by Amtrak, and the question answers itself.) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: daily words #63631 04/03/2002 8:45 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Dear Jackie: I disagree quite earnestly with part of the quote you chose. I would much rather travel by Amtrak than by bus. In many instances it can beat flying. 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 Website 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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