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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: dogwatch #91876 01/14/03 07:37 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 W wwh OP Carpal Tunnel OP wwh Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Dear Faldage: It just occurred to me that Patrick O'Brian was slyer than either of us realized. He knew your obviously correct derivation, and changed "dock = cut an animal's tail" into "cur-tail". Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted divot wwh 01/14/03 01:17 AM Re: dockwalloper wwh 01/14/03 01:24 AM Re: decorticate wwh 01/14/03 01:49 AM Re: dodecarchy wwh 01/14/03 02:02 AM Re: dogbane wwh 01/14/03 02:05 AM Re: dogwatch wwh 01/14/03 02:08 AM Post deleted by Wordwind Wordwind 01/14/03 09:31 AM Re: dogwatch wwh 01/14/03 02:09 PM Re: dogwatch Faldage 01/14/03 04:48 PM Re: dogwatch dxb 01/14/03 05:08 PM Re: dogwatch curtailed Faldage 01/14/03 05:18 PM Re: dogwatch wwh 01/14/03 07:37 PM Re: cur-tailed dogwatch Faldage 01/14/03 07:42 PM Re: dolabrate wwh 01/14/03 02:12 AM Re:dolomite wwh 01/14/03 02:24 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 Topics13,915 Posts229,993 Members9,198 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members testawad, Bill_L, achz, MAGNVSTALSMA, Burlyfish 9,198 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 1,238 guests, and 3 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 27 A C Bowden 16 LukeJavan8 5 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,957 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,955 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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