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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: tautonym #74077 06/25/02 10:47 AM Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 1,692 UK D dxb Pooh-Bah dxb Pooh-Bah D Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 1,692 UK Jerome K Jerome the author of Three Men in a Boat and Three Men on the Bummell. Regarding Bummell. I haven't read the book, but I have a feeling that to be "on the bummell" meant tramping about with no particular aim in view - rather like going walk-about. Can anyone confirm this or am I way off beam? If it is so was this the origin of the American usage of the word "bum"? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted tautonym slithy toves 06/24/02 03:17 PM Re: tautonym dxb 06/25/02 10:47 AM Re: tautonym wwh 06/25/02 01:35 PM Re: tautonym dxb 06/25/02 03:42 PM Re: tautonym FishonaBike 06/28/02 03:25 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 Posts229,810 Members9,187 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Karin, JeffMackwood, artguitar, Jim_W, Rdbuffalo 9,187 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 373 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 30 A C Bowden 15 LukeJavan8 5 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,852 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,944 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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