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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread My tung is in my hed #89982 12/19/2002 3:47 PM Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 5 cosmo stranger cosmo stranger Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 5 Check http://www.mentalfloss.com/archives/archive015.htm. (link updated 12/23 to match archive on site) Whod've thunk that Noah Webster, someone revered by English teachers (when I grew up anyway) as having crafted the first American dictionary, had such radical changes in mind for our language? I give the whole thing "thums down." Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted My tung is in my hed cosmo 12/19/2002 3:47 PM Re: My tung is in my hed wwh 12/19/2002 3:57 PM Re: My tung is in my hed RhubarbCommando 12/20/2002 10:19 AM Radical approaches to language change are doomed TEd Remington 12/21/2002 11:41 PM Re: Radical approaches to language change are doomed birdfeed 12/22/2002 7:59 PM Re: Radical approaches to language change are doom sjm 12/22/2002 9:42 PM Re: Radical approaches to language change are doom TEd Remington 12/23/2002 12:50 AM Re: Radical approaches to language change are doom wofahulicodoc 12/23/2002 1:13 AM Re: Radical approaches to language change are doom cosmo 12/25/2002 2:20 PM a quavering reply wofahulicodoc 12/25/2002 3:55 PM Re: a quavering reply Faldage 12/25/2002 4:43 PM Re: a quavering reply TEd Remington 12/25/2002 7:41 PM Re: a quavering reply cosmo 12/25/2002 7:47 PM Re: a quavering reply sjm 12/25/2002 10:19 PM Re: a quavering reply wofahulicodoc 12/25/2002 11:24 PM A musicians response musick 12/26/2002 12:01 AM Re: A musicians response Buffalo Shrdlu 12/26/2002 2:35 AM Re: A non-quavering musicians response Faldage 12/26/2002 1:20 PM Non-pointy musick 12/26/2002 6:10 PM Re: Non-pointy Faldage 12/26/2002 6:27 PM Re: Halfas te risk wow 12/27/2002 1:44 PM My tung is in mie cheek musick 12/22/2002 5:09 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 Posts230,424 Members9,211 Most Online17,319 Apr 8th, 2026 Newest Members Boo boo kitty fu, peterreineck, Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd 9,211 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 19 A C Bowden 7 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,239 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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