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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread WOW #92870 01/21/2003 6:46 PM Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 1 polycarp stranger polycarp stranger Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 1 My Latin students and I have been working on Latin phrases and recently defined stupor mundi as "wonder of the world". In a brilliant flash of insight, one of my students asked if the English word "wow" was actually an acronym for Wonder Of the World. What is the derivation of "wow"? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: WOW #92871 01/21/2003 11:29 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York Indeed, WW. polycarp, welcome to this place and beware of folk etymologies. Next thing you know they'll be telling you about For Using Carnal Knowledge. We certainly need a Latin person here. We have some aficionados, but to have a teacher here is wonderful and I hope you stick around! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter WOW vs. POW #92872 01/22/2003 3:43 AM Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 1,385 plutarch veteran plutarch veteran Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 1,385 "WOW" is to "POW" what a stroke of genius is to the stroke of a fist. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: WOW vs. POW #92873 01/22/2003 12:39 PM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 2,204 RhubarbCommando Pooh-Bah RhubarbCommando Pooh-Bah Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 2,204 I hope our High-priestess is listening! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Post deleted by Wordwind #92874 01/22/2003 1:04 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... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: WOW vs. POW #92875 01/22/2003 1:19 PM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 2,204 RhubarbCommando Pooh-Bah RhubarbCommando Pooh-Bah Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 2,204 Our high priestess is 'imitative'-- - but inimitable! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: WOW #92876 01/22/2003 3:35 PM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,439 New England, USA wow Carpal Tunnel wow Carpal Tunnel Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,439 New England, USA "wow" was actually an acronym for Wonder Of the World. What is the derivation of "wow"? Wonder of the World? Ohhhh, I blush! Smugly, I admit, but nevertheless! Also, Wise Old Woman or you can simply turn it upside down and get MOM. Wait! Wait! that fits Wonder of the World! Which all Moms are, aren't they? http:// http://www.holidays.net/mother/ Needs a new date as it will be Sunday May 11 in 2003. EDIT Thank you for the kind words posted while I was composing. 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 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 View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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