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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 3 of 3 1 2 3 Re: Abcderian #33105 06/24/01 12:00 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta B Bingley Carpal Tunnel Bingley Carpal Tunnel B Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta E for brick (as the good Dr. says) = 'eave a brick I for Novello = Ivor Novello (1920s? songwriter) W for a shilling = double you for a shilling (betting) Esther Rantzen was (still is for all I know) a TV presenter with a fearsome set of gnashers in the seventies. Bingley Bingley Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Abcderian #33106 06/25/01 02:05 AM Joined: Apr 2001 Posts: 41 Alice Springs, Northern Territ... R Rusty newbie Rusty newbie R Joined: Apr 2001 Posts: 41 Alice Springs, Northern Territ... In reply to: W for a shilling = double you for a shilling (betting) That's what I always thought too - up until the moment I posted it on this Board, when I realised (a) I've never heard anyone actually say 'double you for a [insert monetary unit]' - the betting phrase is 'double or nothing'; and (b) I have heard plenty of mendicants say 'trouble you for a [insert monetary unit]'. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Abcderian #33107 06/25/01 02:39 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta B Bingley Carpal Tunnel Bingley Carpal Tunnel B Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta I must confess I've never actually heard anyone say it either, but then I don't bet much. What I have heard is "double or quits". Bingley Bingley Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Abcderian #33108 06/25/01 09:16 AM Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 609 Portsmouth, United Kingdom R rodward addict rodward addict R Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 609 Portsmouth, United Kingdom I think most have now been decoded, and there are some interesting variations. The link I put in the previous thread on this was: http://www.heenan.net/trivia/language/alfabet.html. Those of you who didn't see that thread should look at as the other posts were interesting and germane: http://wordsmith.org/board/showflat.pl?Cat=&Board=wordplay&Number=27935&page=2&view=collapsed&sb=5 Rod Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Abcderian #33109 06/25/01 12:42 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass rodw, as always, when these long/wide links pop up for local threads, I remind y'all that you can cut them off after the 5-digit post no.; tsu wit: http://wordsmith.org/board/showflat.pl?Cat=&Board=wordplay&Number=27935 Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Abcderian #33110 06/25/01 07:34 PM Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park of troy Carpal Tunnel of troy Carpal Tunnel Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park Double or nothing.. rather than double or quits.. my other obsession Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter abecedario #33111 06/26/01 06:45 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 315 Italy - Perugia is a town with... E emanuela enthusiast emanuela enthusiast E Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 315 Italy - Perugia is a town with... In Italian abbeccedario is not the alphabet, but - formerly - the book used to teach the alphabet to young children. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 3 of 3 1 2 3 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 Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,340 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 421 guests, and 2 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 30 A C Bowden 18 ddrinnan 1 LukeJavan8 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,546 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,917 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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