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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 2 of 2 1 2 Re: Telephone Etymology #107338 07/11/03 05:00 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont I have to make sure I never buy such drivel. welcome to the board, Slava. I'm not going to become a wordsmith apologizer, but if you can show that a large number of the etymologies/definitions have been incorrect, then we can start to wonder, but drivel? for one incorrect etymology? methinks I hear the grindstone turning... formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Telephone Etymology #107339 07/11/03 05:29 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 >If, as you say, Wordsmith depends on his dictionaries, I want to know which ones they are and how they come to such an etymology. I have to make sure I never buy such drivel. I'd suggest you take this up with Anu via the Feedback feature [see bottom of page]; you're unlikely to get any satisfaction by complaining in these forums, as he very seldom contributes here. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Telephone Etymology #107340 07/12/03 08:03 PM Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 6 S Slava OP stranger OP Slava stranger S Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 6 Actually, I took it up with Anu the day the original message came out. His response was not satisfactory, and there has been no correction issued. Rather a shame, I think. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Telephone Etymology #107341 07/12/03 08:47 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 W wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 I think that Wordsmith is so goddam busy he can't spend any time with us.We should be grateful for the excellent facilllities we have such free use of. And I'm glad when I see members more knowledgeable than I am making additions and corrections. What have you for an encore, Slava? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter words from "telos-" #107342 07/13/03 05:52 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,549 Likes: 1 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,549 Likes: 1 Worcester, MA Any other words that derive from telos? I haven't looked up their derivations to verify, but I would offer that in cellular biology when one examines chromosomes they show identifiable parts, of which two are the centromere -- near the middle of the chromosome -- and the telomere(-s) at the end. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 2 of 2 1 2 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 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 View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,351 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 (), 775 guests, and 0 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 27 A C Bowden 22 LukeJavan8 2 ddrinnan 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,549 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,918 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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