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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Why are fishermen called anglers? Faldage #172616 01/17/08 01:32 AM Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh Because the hook is an angel in Old English. The noun yielded a verb in Middle English anglen 'to fish'. Ceci n'est pas un seing. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Why are fishermen called anglers? bhumburg 01/16/08 11:44 PM Re: Why are fishermen called anglers? Faldage 01/17/08 12:31 AM Re: Why are fishermen called anglers? zmjezhd 01/17/08 01:32 AM Re: Why are fishermen called anglers? BranShea 01/17/08 09:16 AM Re: Why are fishermen called anglers? Faldage 01/17/08 12:21 PM Re: Why are fishermen called anglers? zmjezhd 01/17/08 04:20 PM Re: Why are fishermen called anglers? Buffalo Shrdlu 01/17/08 04:41 PM Re: Why are fishermen called anglers? BranShea 01/17/08 07:18 PM Re: Why are fishermen called anglers? lfs 06/02/10 10:46 AM Re: Why are fishermen called anglers? zmjezhd 06/02/10 12:22 PM Re: Why are fishermen called anglers? lfs 06/02/10 12:40 PM Re: Why are fishermen called anglers? Buffalo Shrdlu 06/02/10 12:41 PM Re: Why are fishermen called anglers? zmjezhd 06/02/10 01:19 PM Re: Why are fishermen called anglers? lfs 06/04/10 04:21 PM Re: Mutunus Tutunus, mutatis mutandis zmjezhd 06/04/10 04:56 PM reis ipsa loquiter lfs 06/04/10 08:06 PM Re: saxa loquuntur zmjezhd 06/05/10 01:13 AM Re: saxa loquitur Jackie 06/05/10 02:36 AM Re: saxa loquuntur zmjezhd 06/05/10 04:13 AM Re: saxa loquuntur Jackie 06/06/10 01:38 AM Re: saxa loquitur latishya 06/05/10 06:11 AM Re: Mutunus Tutunus, mutatis mutandis BranShea 06/04/10 10:23 PM Re: Why are fishermen called anglers? BranShea 06/02/10 08:15 PM Re: Why are fishermen called anglers? goofy 06/02/10 11:19 PM Re: Why are fishermen called anglers? LukeJavan8 06/03/10 03:37 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 Posts229,361 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 (), 647 guests, and 0 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 35 A C Bowden 22 LukeJavan8 3 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,557 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,919 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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