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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread serious typo??? #148607 10/03/05 12:29 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic OP Carpal Tunnel OP AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York <i>From today's WAD:</i> "It's a good thing we don't have to go with the literal meaning of words or we'd be exercising in the nude in the gymnasia. The word gymnasium derives from the combining form gymno-, meaning nude or bare. Other words similarly formed are gymoplast (protoplasm without surrounding wall) and <b>gynosophy</b> (a form of philosophy practiced by those refusing to wear clothes)." Are we missing an <b>/M/</b> here? I surely hope so... <link>]http://onelook.com/?w=gymnosophy&last=gynosophy&loc=spell1</link> (I give up on trying to use HTML instead of those nonexistent UBB codes... *sigh*) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: serious typo??? #148608 10/03/05 01:26 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 Quote: From today's WAD: "It's a good thing we don't have to go with the literal meaning of words or we'd be exercising in the nude in the gymnasia. The word gymnasium derives from the combining form gymno-, meaning nude or bare. Other words similarly formed are gymoplast (protoplasm without surrounding wall) and gynosophy (a form of philosophy practiced by those refusing to wear clothes)." Are we missing an /M/ here? I surely hope so... http://onelook.com/?w=gymnosophy&last=gynosophy&loc=spell1 (I give up on trying to use HTML instead of those nonexistent UBB codes... *sigh*) I replaced your html (<>) brackets with UBB ([]) markup; it's the Instant UBB code that doesn't seem to work. Last edited by tsuwm; 10/03/05 01:29 PM. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: serious typo??? #148609 10/03/05 01:42 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,027 Switzerland wsieber old hand wsieber old hand Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,027 Switzerland those refusing to wear clothes - or just a Freudian slip.. Last edited by wsieber; 10/03/05 01:45 PM. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Freudian slip #148610 10/03/05 03:46 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: codes #148611 10/03/05 06:26 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic OP Carpal Tunnel OP AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York Thanks, tsuwm! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: serious typo??? #148612 10/03/05 10:19 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Quote: Quote: From today's WAD: "It's a good thing we don't have to go with the literal meaning of words or we'd be exercising in the nude in the gymnasia. The word gymnasium derives from the combining form gymno-, meaning nude or bare. Other words similarly formed are gymoplast (protoplasm without surrounding wall) and gynosophy (a form of philosophy practiced by those refusing to wear clothes)." Are we missing an /M/ here? I surely hope so... http://onelook.com/?w=gymnosophy&last=gynosophy&loc=spell1 (I give up on trying to use HTML instead of those nonexistent UBB codes... *sigh*) I replaced your html (<>) brackets with UBB ([]) markup; it's the Instant UBB code that doesn't seem to work. Not to mention an /N/. OK, so it's not as funny as the gynosophy. 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. 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