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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread imitation Hogwarts - blind stab #101406 04/26/03 02:32 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,561 Likes: 1 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,561 Likes: 1 Worcester, MA Whence cometh "hairy Percy," as used by Bertie Wooster? It's been a long time, and I don't recall coming across that particular phrase, but I'll hazard a guess that it was some kind of Anglicization of a French word -- "repartee" or "apercu" or such. Maybe we should ask Jeeves? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted A Trip Down Memory Lane Bingley 04/22/03 03:25 AM Re: A Trip Down Memory Lane AnnaStrophic 04/22/03 11:37 AM Re: A Trip Down Memory Lane Capfka 04/22/03 12:32 PM Re: A Trip Down Memory Lane WhitmanO'Neill 04/22/03 01:38 PM Re: A Trip Down Memory Lane sjm 04/22/03 06:56 PM Re: A Trip Down Memory Lane Capfka 04/22/03 06:58 PM Re: A Trip Down Memory Lane sjm 04/22/03 07:15 PM Re: right pillock Faldage 04/22/03 10:36 PM Re: right pillock Capfka 04/22/03 11:00 PM Re: right pillock Faldage 04/22/03 11:05 PM Re: right pillock WhitmanO'Neill 04/22/03 11:12 PM Re: right pillock Faldage 04/22/03 11:16 PM Re: right pillock WhitmanO'Neill 04/22/03 11:21 PM Re: right pillock Rubrick 04/23/03 08:21 AM Re: right pillock Capfka 04/23/03 09:53 AM Re: right pillock Rubrick 04/23/03 10:04 AM Re: right pillock Faldage 04/23/03 10:35 AM Re: right pillock Bingley 04/25/03 01:41 AM Re: right pillock sjm 04/25/03 04:52 AM Re: right pillock dxb 04/25/03 08:37 AM Re: right pillock Bingley 04/25/03 09:09 AM Re: right pillock dxb 04/25/03 09:59 AM Re: right pillock Faldage 04/25/03 10:35 AM Re: don't be a pill tsuwm 04/25/03 03:19 PM pills in song RhubarbCommando 04/25/03 03:01 PM Hairy Percy Father Steve 04/25/03 05:01 PM Re: Hairy Percy Bingley 04/26/03 12:04 AM imitation Hogwarts - blind stab wofahulicodoc 04/26/03 02:32 PM Mystery Solved Father Steve 04/26/03 03:36 PM Re: Mystery Solved wofahulicodoc 04/27/03 05:52 PM Re: right pillock Jackie 04/25/03 01:14 AM Re: A Trip Down Memory Lane AnnaStrophic 04/22/03 06:59 PM Re: A Trip Down Memory Lane Rubrick 04/22/03 02:22 PM Re: A Trip Down Memory Lane Capfka 04/22/03 06:39 PM 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 Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,367 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 (), 653 guests, and 0 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 30 A C Bowden 21 LukeJavan8 3 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,561 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,919 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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