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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: speaking through the teeth tsuwm #189280 02/15/10 02:41 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 The R in ventriloquist would be part of the root ventr-, 'belly. The root in dentiloquist would be dent-, 'tooth'. I would say Blount has it right and Kacirk has interpolated the R wrongly from ventriloquist. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted speaking through the teeth tsuwm 02/15/10 02:23 AM Re: speaking through the teeth Faldage 02/15/10 02:41 AM Re: speaking through the teeth Joanie 666 02/15/10 10:05 PM Re: speaking through the teeth Faldage 02/16/10 11:27 AM Talken thru yer hat GallantTed 02/18/10 03:37 PM Re: Talken thru yer hat olly 02/18/10 08:54 PM Re: Talken thru yer hat GallantTed 02/18/10 09:45 PM Re: Talken thru yer hat olly 02/18/10 11:50 PM Re: Talken thru yer hat BranShea 02/19/10 10:43 AM Re: Talken thru yer hat Faldage 02/19/10 12:11 PM Re: Talken thru yer hat olly 02/21/10 08:28 PM Re: Talken thru yer hat Faldage 02/21/10 10:35 PM Re: Talken thru yer hat twosleepy 02/22/10 05:02 PM Re: protean proctoids zmjezhd 02/22/10 05:26 PM Re: protean proctoids olly 02/22/10 11:58 PM Re: protean proctoids beck123 02/23/10 03:32 AM Re: protean proctoids LukeJavan8 02/23/10 04:30 PM Re: protean proctoids twosleepy 02/23/10 06:05 PM Re: protean proctoids LukeJavan8 02/23/10 06:53 PM Re: protean proctoids beck123 02/24/10 12:48 AM Re: protean proctoids beck123 02/24/10 12:52 AM Re: protean proctoids LukeJavan8 02/24/10 01:33 AM 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 Posts229,318 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 (), 775 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 29 A C Bowden 13 LukeJavan8 1 ddrinnan 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 tsuwm 10,542 wofahulicodoc 10,535 LukeJavan8 9,916 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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