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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 8 of 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Re: southpaw, one last time (you should only hope) #36012 08/29/01 06:02 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 http://www.word-detective.com/093098.html Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: southpaw, one last time (you should only hope) #36013 08/29/01 06:50 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 If indeed it was a boxing term, Mr. Dunne, as a sports writer, would have had ample opportunity to have heard it and to introduce it to the world of base ball. It seems to have a fair spread of meanings in boxing, at least according to this site: http://www.hedbergska.sundsvall.se/roger/finalD.htm Don't be discouraged by the large blank screen. Scroll down to 3.4. The boxer. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: southpaw, one last time (you should only hope) #36014 08/29/01 06:53 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 W wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Dear Faldage: before I made that post, I re-read all the previous posts, and just now searched all forums, and found no mention of tsuwm's posting about southpaws. I can't see any logic to OED talking about a southpaw boxer. Finley Peter Dunne started as a sportwriter at age 16. which would have been before 1900. The layout of the ballfield involved provides logic to the term. I like logic, and this is one more reason for me to say bad-word the OED/ Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: southpaw, one last time (you should only hope) #36015 08/29/01 07:17 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 I *did say that the base ball origin made more sense to me but I have, apparently, more respect for Sir James's modest collection than you do. de gustibus non carborundum est Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: southpaw, one last time (you should only hope) #36016 08/29/01 07:27 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 W wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Regrettably we will be unable to stage a debate between Finley Peter Dunne and Sir Boyle Roche. But I would enjoy separating you from your cash support of Sir Boyle. That would require a virtuoso performance on the Ouija board. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: southpaw, one last time (you should only hope) #36017 08/29/01 08:08 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 >found no mention of tsuwm's posting about southpaws. well, here it is (fwiw); switch to flat mode to follow the whole prehashed topic. [yapt alert] http://wordsmith.org/board/showthreaded.pl?Cat=&Board=words&Number=3738 Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: southpaw, one last time (you should only hope) #36018 08/29/01 08:46 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 W wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 You guys tempt me to take the name of the Lord in vain (which still reminds me of wehen) I thought going back six months was far enough. That quote was over a year old, six months before I joined, you pair of elephants. 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