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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: als well that ends pedanticity #114567 10/27/03 11:15 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 And, while the al in alcohol, algebra, and alchemy is the definite article, do we have any reason to believe the Al in El Alamein is, too? According to AHD4 it's also known as Al Alamayn. The El is not the Spanish masculine definite article, which is what I thought tsuwm was getting at. This ain't Torpenhow Hill. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Two questions sjmaxq 10/26/03 10:28 PM als well that ends well wofahulicodoc 10/26/03 11:51 PM Re: als well that ends well Faldage 10/27/03 01:00 AM Re: als well that ends pedanticity tsuwm 10/27/03 04:58 AM Re: als well that ends pedanticity sjmaxq 10/27/03 05:24 AM Re: als well that ends pedanticity Capfka 10/27/03 11:01 AM Re: als well that ends pedanticity Faldage 10/27/03 11:15 AM Re: Arabic is all Greek to me .. Capfka 10/27/03 11:22 AM Re: what I was getting at tsuwm 10/27/03 02:33 PM Re: what I was getting at Faldage 10/27/03 02:36 PM Not just the mantle, it's the whole fireplace musick 10/27/03 06:30 PM Re: Two questions belMarduk 10/27/03 01:05 AM Re: Two questions birdfeed 10/27/03 07:10 PM Re: Two questions belMarduk 10/27/03 10:31 PM them thangs birdfeed 10/28/03 07:53 PM Re: Two questions Bingley 10/28/03 03:34 AM double meaning? of troy 10/28/03 04:57 AM Re: double meaning? now I'm sure of it consuelo 10/28/03 05:47 AM Re: double meaning? I kinda doubt it AnnaStrophic 10/28/03 12:50 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 Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,333 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 (), 608 guests, and 2 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 32 A C Bowden 17 ddrinnan 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,542 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,916 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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