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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread chuck = water #145257 07/22/05 12:14 AM 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 use of "chuck" to refer to a body of water, especially to an ocean, is a derivation from the Chinook Jargon -- a trading language which enabled trade between Europeans and Native Americans of the Pacific Northwest. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted geehaw Johnnie Godwin 07/20/05 06:22 AM Re: geehaw Faldage 07/20/05 10:59 AM Re: geehaw Jackie 07/20/05 11:58 AM Re: geehaw Buffalo Shrdlu 07/20/05 12:35 PM Re: geehaw Elizabeth Creith 07/20/05 12:58 PM Re: geehaw belligerentyouth 07/20/05 02:12 PM Re: geehaw Johnnie Godwin 07/20/05 08:31 PM Re: geehaw Faldage 07/20/05 09:55 PM Re: hit & run tsuwm 07/20/05 10:26 PM Re: hit & run Faldage 07/20/05 10:30 PM Re: run & hit tsuwm 07/21/05 01:24 AM Re:syzygy Elizabeth Creith 07/20/05 09:56 PM Re:syzygy Zed 07/20/05 10:25 PM Re: geehaw lack of precomputer references Johnnie Godwin 07/21/05 01:15 AM Re: low-tech geehaw references Zed 07/21/05 10:38 PM chuck = water Father Steve 07/22/05 12:14 AM Re: geehaw AnnaStrophic 07/22/05 11:57 AM Re: geehaw/Erin/OAD Johnnie Godwin 07/23/05 04:23 PM Re: geehaw/Erin/OAD tsuwm 07/23/05 06:58 PM Re: geehaw/Erin/OAD Johnnie Godwin 07/23/05 09:04 PM "Gee" and "Haw" and "Get-up!" plutarch 07/24/05 05:35 PM In gee Churl Pat 07/24/05 07:18 PM Devon shire? plutarch 07/25/05 03:48 AM In G plutarch 07/25/05 12:52 PM Re: In G Churl Pat 07/25/05 02:26 PM Re: In G diggrifier 07/25/05 04:42 PM Re: In G of troy 07/25/05 05:41 PM Re: In G Buffalo Shrdlu 07/25/05 05:44 PM Re: In G diggrifier 07/25/05 05:47 PM Re: gee whiz AnnaStrophic 07/25/05 06:00 PM Re: gee whiz plutarch 07/25/05 07:04 PM Re: gee whiz of troy 07/25/05 08:48 PM Re: gee whiz plutarch 07/25/05 09:04 PM Re: gee whiz snoot 07/25/05 09:29 PM Re: "Gee" and "Haw" and "Get-up!" Johnnie Godwin 07/24/05 07:18 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 Posts229,372 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 (), 381 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 28 A C Bowden 25 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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