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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Czech it out #131090 08/04/04 11:01 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,788 Seattle, Washington, USA Father Steve Carpal Tunnel Father Steve Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,788 Seattle, Washington, USA The Czech language has many words pertaining to food and eating which begin with "ob" e.g. obalovany meaning breaded obcerstveni meaning a snack served with drinks obed meaning lunch obiad meaning dinner obilne klicky meaning groats obloha meaning garnished with vegetables oblozena masova misa meaning cold cuts oblozeny chleb meaning sandwich As I speak/read not one word of Czech, I have no idea what sort of root (no pun intended) makes these words appear related. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted ob-la-di... Buffalo Shrdlu 08/03/04 03:51 PM Re: ob-la-di... musick 08/03/04 04:26 PM Is "obviate" obsolete? TheFallibleFiend 08/03/04 05:22 PM Re: Is "obviate" obsolete? TEd Remington 08/03/04 08:31 PM life goes on, bra! Alex Williams 08/03/04 09:41 PM Re: life goes on, bra! belMarduk 08/04/04 01:11 AM Re: life goes on, skivvies! Buffalo Shrdlu 08/04/04 01:17 AM Re: life goes on, obstipation! jheem 08/04/04 12:55 PM Re: life goes on, obstipation! tsuwm 08/04/04 02:54 PM to bring it full circle.. of troy 08/04/04 03:41 PM Re: by a vicus of ... jheem 08/04/04 03:47 PM Nihil Faldage 08/04/04 10:53 PM Re: disme jheem 08/04/04 11:54 PM Re: disme amnow 08/05/04 01:16 AM when in cognito... Alex Williams 08/05/04 01:20 AM Re: when in cognito... Buffalo Shrdlu 08/05/04 01:46 AM Re: when in cognito... amnow 08/05/04 07:42 PM Zoom, zoom, zoom-a, zoom... Flatlander 08/10/04 04:47 PM Re: Zoom, zoom, zoom-a, zoom... Buffalo Shrdlu 08/10/04 04:59 PM Re: Nihil maahey 08/06/04 11:50 AM Re: Nihil jheem 08/06/04 02:01 PM Czech it out Father Steve 08/04/04 11:01 PM Re: Czech it out jheem 08/04/04 11:50 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 Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,334 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 (), 752 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 33 A C Bowden 17 ddrinnan 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,543 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,916 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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