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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread tonitruous #84456 10/23/2002 8:00 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 INDEX: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z DIFFICULT WORDS tonitruous a. thundering. tonitruone, n. musical instrument imitating thunder. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter thunderous #84457 10/23/2002 8:16 PM Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park of troy Carpal Tunnel of troy Carpal Tunnel Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park astonish too share the same root, tonare, latin, to thunder, originally, extonare (with the ex as an intensifier) altered through french and middle english into astonish. my other obsession Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: thunderous #84458 10/23/2002 10:29 PM Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... In reply to: musical instrument imitating thunder Should we resuscitate the Foley Effects thread? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: thunderous #84459 10/23/2002 10:47 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 I still like "al capone" = machinegun obbligato to 1812 Overture. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Al Capone #84460 10/23/2002 11:01 PM Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Cute! But, really, the cannon is pretty astonishing in the first place in the 1812--a machine gun obligato would be nerve-wracking. In checking the spelling of cannon here in MW, I read that one of its definitions is that of the projecting piece from a bell: can·on : the projecting part of a bell by which it is hung : EAR Cool, huh? Special note to Fiberbabe, if she should read here: The word from which "ear" comes is an Old English word meaning "edge." 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 Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary 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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