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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re:kallikak #97328 03/01/2003 7:19 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Many yeas ago there were sociology and criminolgy papers that portrayed the Jukes and Kallikak familes as archtypes of familial degeneracy. Later studies showed that these papers were seriously flawed and dishonest. Now the names are occasionally used as jocular insults. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted jurel wwh 03/01/2003 6:35 PM Re: kaddish wwh 03/01/2003 6:45 PM Re: juxtapose wwh 03/01/2003 6:51 PM Re: juxtapose Wordwind 03/01/2003 9:42 PM Re: juxtapose Faldage 03/01/2003 10:24 PM Re: juxtapose wofahulicodoc 03/01/2003 10:30 PM Re: juxtapose wwh 03/01/2003 10:37 PM Re: juxtapose Wordwind 03/01/2003 11:11 PM Re: juxtapose Faldage 03/01/2003 11:17 PM Re: juxtapose wwh 03/01/2003 11:21 PM Re: juxtapose Buffalo Shrdlu 03/01/2003 11:53 PM Re: juxtapose wwh 03/02/2003 1:15 AM Re: juxtapose Buffalo Shrdlu 03/02/2003 1:31 AM Re: juxtapose wwh 03/02/2003 1:49 AM Re: juxtapose Coffeebean 03/02/2003 3:35 AM Re: Faldage cattywamposes Wordwind 03/02/2003 11:00 AM Re: kalanchoe wwh 03/01/2003 6:54 PM Re:kallikak wwh 03/01/2003 7:19 PM Re: kamik wwh 03/01/2003 7:20 PM Rekapok wwh 03/01/2003 7:22 PM Re: Rekapok Wordwind 03/01/2003 9:47 PM Re: Rekapok Bingley 03/02/2003 3:41 PM Re: kappa wwh 03/01/2003 7:27 PM Re: kathak wwh 03/01/2003 7:36 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

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