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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: What's the word... twosleepy #179529 10/10/08 01:01 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 There's some things I'll trust Wikipedia for, but etymology isn't one of them. It's a good sounding story and may well be true, but so are a lot of folk etymologies. I'd like to see some more reliable source quoted. Wordorigins is a good place to go to ask this question. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted What's the word... lnadeau 10/08/08 03:12 PM Re: What's the word... tsuwm 10/08/08 03:45 PM Re: What's the word... lnadeau 10/08/08 04:30 PM Re: What's the word... Jackie 10/08/08 04:43 PM Re: What's the word... lnadeau 10/08/08 05:02 PM Re: What's the word... BranShea 10/08/08 10:24 PM Re: What's the word... Jackie 10/09/08 02:00 AM Re: What's the word... lnadeau 10/09/08 01:07 PM Re: What's the word... latishya 10/08/08 07:37 PM Re: What's the word... twosleepy 10/09/08 01:58 PM Re: What's the word... tsuwm 10/09/08 02:31 PM Re: What's the word... SBoges 10/09/08 07:25 PM Re: What's the word... twosleepy 10/09/08 08:43 PM Re: What's the word... Faldage 10/10/08 01:01 AM Re: What's the word... tsuwm 10/10/08 01:09 AM Re: What's the word... Faldage 10/10/08 02:54 AM Re: What's the word... zmjezhd 10/10/08 01:00 PM Re: What's the word... of troy 10/10/08 01:55 PM Re: What's the word... latishya 10/10/08 08:28 PM Re: What's the word... zmjezhd 10/10/08 08:38 PM Re: What's the word... latishya 10/10/08 08:52 PM Re: What's the word... zmjezhd 10/10/08 09:38 PM Re: What's the word... twosleepy 10/10/08 12:32 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 Posts229,405 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 (), 344 guests, and 2 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 38 A C Bowden 28 LukeJavan8 6 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,580 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,922 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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