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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 4 of 4 1 2 3 4 Wedeln news #71492 05/29/02 09:30 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 2,661 Chicago musick Carpal Tunnel musick Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 2,661 Chicago which does not mean there what it means here Is that something like the *difference between "in" and "from", praps? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Wedeln news #71493 05/29/02 10:58 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York Is that something like the *difference between "in" and "from", praps? hehehe... are you prepositioning me? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Everyone loves Ned Flanders #71494 05/30/02 12:34 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 2,661 Chicago musick Carpal Tunnel musick Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 2,661 Chicago We useta call 'Golf Rd' (as we saw it on the street marker) "Dr. Flog". (Oh my d-G... what have I done!?!?...) Where's an interrobang when *you need one, tsuwm? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Golf #71495 05/30/02 04:59 AM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 866 Perth, Western Australia stales old hand stales old hand Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 866 Perth, Western Australia I thought it derived from the less attractive, but nevertheless more appropriate golfing verb, "flog". stales Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Golf #71496 05/30/02 03:20 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 The had to call it golf. Oh Dammit was already taken. TEd Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Golf #71497 05/30/02 03:51 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 W wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 "Who invented golf? Though golf is mentioned in Scottish statutes as early as 1457 and The Old Course at St. Andrews is considered to be the birthplace of golf, this traditional belief is open to some debate. The etymology of the word "golf" has been traced to the Dutch word "kolf," an icy activity played with clubs and balls that would have pre-dated The Old Course." Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Golf #71498 06/02/02 02:10 PM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 866 Perth, Western Australia stales old hand stales old hand Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 866 Perth, Western Australia wwh asks: Who invented golf? At the risk of offending our UK contributors, perhaps the St Andrews story is just another example of history being written to suit the UK? Other examples include Captain Cook's discovery of Australia (the Dutch and Portuguese beat him by a couple of hundred years). Perhaps the one I marvel at the most is the laughingly feeble attempt that Christ visited the isles way back when. As documented in the words of the hymn....."And did those feet.....in ancient times....walk upon England's mountains green...." Give me a break. stales Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 4 of 4 1 2 3 4 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 View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,338 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 (), 651 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 34 A C Bowden 19 LukeJavan8 1 ddrinnan 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,544 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,917 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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