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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: SPAM #86274 12/16/2002 5:15 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta Bingley Carpal Tunnel Bingley Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta In reply to: guess the BBC was having a bit of fun with us USns. Who'd a thunk it of the staid BBC ? The alternative explanation is that this etymology was popularly believed in Britain during WWII, and the producers thought it unlikely that a British grocer of that time would know the true etymology. Bingley Bingley Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted SPAM defined, Quick! Tell OED wow 11/08/2002 8:02 PM Re: SPAM defined, Quick! Tell OED Faldage 11/08/2002 8:08 PM Re: SPAM defined, Quick! Tell OED wow 11/08/2002 8:17 PM Re: SPAM defined, Quick! Tell OED wwh 11/08/2002 8:40 PM Re: SPAM defined, Quick! Tell OED tsuwm 11/08/2002 9:10 PM Re: SPAM defined, Quick! Tell OED musick 11/08/2002 10:14 PM Re: SPAM defined, Quick! Tell OED Jackie 11/09/2002 2:21 AM Re: SPAM wow 11/09/2002 12:49 PM Re: SPAM Bingley 12/16/2002 5:15 AM Re: SPAM defined, Quick! Tell OED chadahic 11/10/2002 2:15 AM Re: SPAM defined, Quick! Tell OED chadahic 12/15/2002 8:11 AM Re: SPAM - meat in a can wow 12/15/2002 1:20 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 Topics13,916 Posts230,367 Members9,209 Most Online7,006 Mar 7th, 2026 Newest Members Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd, Tony Hood, Wood Delivery 9,209 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 33 A C Bowden 11 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,199 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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