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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 2 of 3 1 2 3 Re: New meanings #87232 11/19/02 05:57 PM Joined: Sep 2002 Posts: 261 London/Prague B bonzaialsatian OP enthusiast OP bonzaialsatian enthusiast B Joined: Sep 2002 Posts: 261 London/Prague What's a yart? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: New meanings #87233 11/19/02 06:21 PM Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 1,094 Cincinnati & Loveland, Ohio, U... J Jazzoctopus old hand Jazzoctopus old hand J Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 1,094 Cincinnati & Loveland, Ohio, U... I believe the intrusive n in reinyartnation is a totally unnecessary holdover from reintarntion. How does reintarnation have any more n's than the original reincarnation? Isn't it therefore a holdover from reincarnation, however totally unnecessary it may be? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: New meanings #87234 11/19/02 06:32 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 yart = yet another rehashed topic or, it may have been posted on this site in some form Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: New meanings #87235 11/19/02 06:35 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 It's from the n in tarnation, a stereotypical hillbilly expletive. In fact the usage often includes the word in as in "Whut in tarnation brung yew here?" There's no reason to keep that n in reinyartation. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: New meanings #87236 11/19/02 06:42 PM Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 1,094 Cincinnati & Loveland, Ohio, U... J Jazzoctopus old hand Jazzoctopus old hand J Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 1,094 Cincinnati & Loveland, Ohio, U... It's from the n in tarnation But the same n is in reincarnation! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: New meanings #87237 11/19/02 06:48 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 the point there is that the 'n' is in the roots: carne, tarn but not in yart. qed Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: New meanings #87238 11/20/02 01:20 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky And if the same story gets told again, is it a reinyarnation? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: New meanings #87239 11/20/02 05:55 PM Joined: Sep 2002 Posts: 261 London/Prague B bonzaialsatian OP enthusiast OP bonzaialsatian enthusiast B Joined: Sep 2002 Posts: 261 London/Prague ...or reinyartation? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: New meanings #87240 11/20/02 06:50 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont is this where chopped liver comes in? or is it mincemeat now? formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: New meanings #87241 11/20/02 07:00 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 chopped liver ... or ... mincemeat...? I prefer pâté, myself. 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