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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Galoot #7249 10/06/00 07:26 PM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 3,409 M Max Quordlepleen Carpal Tunnel Max Quordlepleen Carpal Tunnel M Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 3,409 . If a word was used by Shakespeare, there may be a Masters thesis on its derivation. If it was used by sailors to describe Marines, it is more likely that there will exist only "folk" explanations of its source. À la Bastille! Execute the etymological elitists! I'm with you on this one, the disparity between the available resources for each of the two "classes" of words reeks of snobbery, IMHO. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Galoot Father Steve 10/03/00 05:32 PM Re: Galoot Max Quordlepleen 10/03/00 08:02 PM New Zealand Galoots Father Steve 10/03/00 08:17 PM Re: New Zealand Galoots Max Quordlepleen 10/03/00 08:39 PM Re: Galoot Father Steve 10/06/00 04:06 PM Re: Galoot Max Quordlepleen 10/06/00 07:26 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 Posts229,397 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 0 members (), 579 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 41 A C Bowden 28 LukeJavan8 6 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,576 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,922 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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