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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Idiom shortage crisis! #174160 02/29/08 05:03 PM 02/29/08 05:03 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic OP Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic   OP Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York Spreading like tugboat hens! Re: Idiom shortage crisis! [Re: AnnaStrophic] #174164 02/29/08 06:04 PM 02/29/08 06:04 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky "This is an absolute oyster carnival," said Harvard University linguistics professor I keep forgetting about The Onion; great pic! Re: Idiom shortage crisis! [Re: AnnaStrophic] #174172 03/01/08 02:11 AM 03/01/08 02:11 AM Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 1,067 Tasmania The Pook old hand The Pook   old hand Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 1,067 Tasmania SAY WHAT? Some Aussie idioms: Aussie Idioms Re: Idiom shortage crisis! [Re: The Pook] #174176 03/01/08 03:04 AM 03/01/08 03:04 AM Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada Z Zed Pooh-Bah Zed   Pooh-Bah Z Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada Good heavens, if US'ns start importing idioms there'll be a world wide shortage. Re: Idiom shortage crisis! [Re: Zed] #174189 03/01/08 03:13 PM 03/01/08 03:13 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic OP Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic   OP Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York Originally Posted By: Zed Good heavens, if US'ns start importing idioms there'll be a world wide shortage. ROTFL! 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 consolidated into a single forum above) ------   Words from medicine   Beheading words   Meta-words   Words from classical mythology   Animal Safari   Words with unusual etymologies   Eponyms or words derived from people's names.   Loanwords from German   English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode View Profile Send Private Message Follow User Show Forum Posts View Profile Send Private Message Follow User Show Forum Posts View Profile Send Private Message Follow User Show Forum Posts View Profile Send Private Message Follow User Show Forum Posts View Profile Send Private Message Follow User Show Forum Posts Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,884 Posts224,905 Members9,059 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members SaoirseSea, SirNamaan, Lacuna, Nikki1221, Veezkneez 9059 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 registered members (), 89 guests, and 3 spiders. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 40 A C Bowden 27 LukeJavan8 18 SaoirseSea 1 Top Posters(All Time) wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 tsuwm 10,538 LukeJavan8 9,173 wofahulicodoc 7,999 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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