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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: cafard/canard #88848 12/08/2002 10:23 AM 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... They're awfully close, aren't they? But, more to the point, I looked up 'canard,' and found this on MW: "Etymology: French, literally, duck; in sense 1, from Middle French vendre des canards à moitié to cheat, literally, to half-sell ducks Date: circa 1859 1 : a false or unfounded report or story; especially : a fabricated report " Will someone please tell me how in Sam's Hill does anyone half-sell anything? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted cacholong wwh 12/06/2002 11:24 PM Re: cafard wwh 12/06/2002 11:32 PM Re: cafard/canard Wordwind 12/08/2002 10:23 AM Re: cahier wwh 12/07/2002 1:42 AM Re: cairngorm wwh 12/07/2002 1:48 AM Re: calamander wwh 12/07/2002 1:51 AM Re: calamander Wordwind 12/07/2002 2:41 AM Re: calligram wwh 12/07/2002 2:08 AM Re: calligram Wordwind 12/08/2002 10:29 AM Re: calomel wwh 12/07/2002 2:13 AM Re: calomel Wordwind 12/08/2002 10:31 AM Re: calotype wwh 12/07/2002 2:20 AM Re: camber wwh 12/07/2002 2:23 AM Re: camber Wordwind 12/08/2002 10:33 AM Re: camber Buffalo Shrdlu 12/08/2002 11:30 AM Re: camber wwh 12/08/2002 2:52 PM Re: cambist wwh 12/07/2002 2:26 AM Re: cambist Wordwind 12/08/2002 10:35 AM Re: camouflet wwh 12/07/2002 2:38 AM Re: campanologist wwh 12/07/2002 2:42 AM Re: cacholong Wordwind 12/08/2002 10:18 AM 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 Posts230,366 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 34 A C Bowden 10 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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