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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Sir Endermonkeigh #146488 08/20/05 10:31 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 M maverick Carpal Tunnel maverick Carpal Tunnel M Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 > It's an English word What 'it' are you referring to, Fong? Since the loanword came from French the earliest English usage was definitely 'neesh' and therefore the 'English' word thus created used that pronunciation. Of course, if you're referring to the much later bastardised American mangling of the word... ;) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted "on the ground" AnnaStrophic 08/18/05 03:26 PM Another one.... vanguard 08/18/05 04:04 PM Re: "on the ground" TEd Remington 08/18/05 04:26 PM Re: "on the ground" zmjezhd 08/18/05 06:36 PM Over There wofahulicodoc 08/18/05 09:00 PM Re: Over There Faldage 08/18/05 09:40 PM Re: Over There Zed 08/18/05 10:47 PM Re: Over There Faldage 08/19/05 10:15 AM Nukehavistan vanguard 08/19/05 03:58 PM Re: Nukehavistan Alex Williams 08/19/05 07:36 PM Re: Nukehavistan Elizabeth Creith 08/20/05 09:39 AM Re: Nukehavistan Faldage 08/20/05 09:51 AM Re: Nukehavistan zmjezhd 08/20/05 09:55 AM Mushroom Management of troy 08/20/05 11:42 AM Re: Sir Endermonkeigh maverick 08/20/05 10:31 PM Re: Sir Endermonkeigh zmjezhd 08/20/05 10:57 PM Re: Sir Endermonkeigh Faldage 08/21/05 11:56 AM Re: Sir Endermonkeigh Buffalo Shrdlu 08/21/05 11:59 AM Re: Sir Endermonkeigh Elizabeth Creith 08/22/05 11:26 AM Re: Sir Endermonkeigh tsuwm 08/22/05 03:29 PM Re: Sir Endermonkeigh belMarduk 08/22/05 10:04 PM Re: Sir Endermonkeigh Bingley 08/23/05 10:28 AM Re: wascally wabbit... Buffalo Shrdlu 08/23/05 10:45 AM Re: wascally wabbit... belMarduk 08/23/05 12:02 PM Re: wascally wabbit... Buffalo Shrdlu 08/23/05 12:15 PM Re: wascally wabbit... belMarduk 08/23/05 01:19 PM Re: wascally wabbit... Buffalo Shrdlu 08/23/05 01:39 PM Re: wascally wabbit... belMarduk 08/23/05 05:15 PM Ignorance pants Sparteye 08/23/05 10:13 PM Re: wascally wabbit... Jackie 08/23/05 01:46 PM Re: Sir Endermonkeigh Faldage 08/23/05 10:17 PM Re: Sir Endermonkeigh Bingley 08/24/05 04:10 AM Re: Sir Endermonkeigh consuelo 08/25/05 05:54 AM Re: Sir Endermonkeigh Faldage 08/22/05 10:13 PM Re: tilting at windmills... Buffalo Shrdlu 08/22/05 11:35 PM Re: Sir Endermonkeigh inselpeter 08/23/05 02:22 PM Re: Nukehavistan Faldage 08/19/05 09:32 PM Re: "on the ground" inselpeter 08/18/05 11:02 PM Re: "on the ground" TheFallibleFiend 08/23/05 01:26 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 Posts229,375 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 (), 298 guests, and 0 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 28 A C Bowden 26 LukeJavan8 3 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,563 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,919 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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