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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 5 of 5 1 2 3 4 5 Re: Mutton #54255 02/02/02 03:58 AM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 1,289 B Bobyoungbalt veteran Bobyoungbalt veteran B Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 1,289 CapK, what, pray, is the difference, if any, between hogget and pork? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter . #54256 02/02/02 05:57 AM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 3,409 M Max Quordlepleen Carpal Tunnel Max Quordlepleen Carpal Tunnel M Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 3,409 Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Mutton #54257 02/02/02 06:44 AM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,146 Northamptonshire, England Capital Kiwi Carpal Tunnel Capital Kiwi Carpal Tunnel Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,146 Northamptonshire, England Yah, wot he said. The idiot also known as Capfka ... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Hogget #54258 02/04/02 04:39 AM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 1,289 B Bobyoungbalt veteran Bobyoungbalt veteran B Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 1,289 Max, I went to the MW on line and looked for 'hogget'; it gave 'swine'. So if this is correct, then you are saying pork comes from sheep. Wot gives 'ere? Is MW wrong? (That wouldn't surprise me) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter . #54259 02/04/02 05:56 AM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 3,409 M Max Quordlepleen Carpal Tunnel Max Quordlepleen Carpal Tunnel M Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 3,409 Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Sideburn vs Burnsides #54260 02/05/02 05:59 PM Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC There is definitely a connection twixt the two, but there's an interesting historical tidbit that could probably stand some investigation, particularly the language aspects. I grew up in the then-small town of Burke, (Fairfax County) Virginia, hard by the main line of the Southern RR. Not 3 miles south, there was a crossing called Sideburn Crossing, where stood a very old hotel. And there exists a picture of President Lincoln taken in front of that very hotel, with the sign Sideburn Hotel in the background, I believe. Anyway, that crossing was known as Sideburn in the 1860s, and I have always wondered if there were a connection between that location and General Burnsides. Hardly seems likely, but certainly an odd coincidence. In 1962 or so, our local fire department burned that hotel as a drill! In retrospect an historical tragedy. Somewhere I have pictures of myself as a very young volunteer standing beside the hotel just before we set it on fire. Clearly visible behind me are the drinking fountains labeled "White" and "Colored." Not visible, but definitely there, were the construction beams, mostly oak, but some chestnut, twelve inches square and 40 feet or so long that formed the skeleton on the building. I cry when I think of the many uses for that wood other than to teach us how to wet down the ruins, which is pretty much all our fire department was good for at the time. Not to mention the lost historical value. TEd Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 5 of 5 1 2 3 4 5 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 Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,335 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 (), 497 guests, and 0 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 33 A C Bowden 17 ddrinnan 1 LukeJavan8 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,543 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,917 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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