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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread #213225 - 11/14/13 08:21 PM Mulligan stew from AWAD   Joined: Nov 2013 Posts: 1 PaulO stranger PaulO   stranger Joined: Nov 2013 Posts: 1 AWAD on 11/13 discussing the word, "mulligan" stated: "Both senses of the word are from the name Mulligan. It's not certain who these two Mulligans were -- maybe a golf player and a chef. Earliest documented use: 1936. " OED has the stew reference from 1899. I always assumed, but never bothered to look it up, that this came from "mulligitawny." Translated literally from Tamil, "Mulligatawny" or "Milagu thanni" means "pepper water" ("Millagu" means pepper and "thanni" means water). 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 Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,878 Posts223,793 Members9,012 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members KathrynH, Waqar_Ali, brecht, Akintola, VegasCaptain 9012 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 registered members (), 45 guests, and 3 spiders. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 47 LukeJavan8 27 A C Bowden 21 may2point0 2 Top Posters(All Time) wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 tsuwm 10,538 LukeJavan8 8,945 wofahulicodoc 7,416 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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