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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: etymology #24578 03/27/01 02:35 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,891 B belMarduk Carpal Tunnel belMarduk Carpal Tunnel B Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,891 This all find and dandy but how on earth did thwart also come to mean to foil somebody`s plans, to oppose successfully? It is such an oddly spelled word, I can`t imagine two different cultures came up with the same spelling for two different things. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted etymology wwh 03/24/01 10:06 PM Re: etymology tsuwm 03/24/01 11:20 PM Re: etymology wwh 03/25/01 12:52 AM Re: etymology tsuwm 03/25/01 03:20 AM Re: etymology Jackie 03/25/01 03:01 AM Re: etymology tsuwm 03/25/01 03:29 AM Re: etymology Jackie 03/25/01 03:53 AM Re: etymology tsuwm 03/25/01 04:04 AM spire, spiral wwh 03/25/01 09:59 PM Re: spire, spiral Geoff 03/26/01 01:51 AM chonchoid curves? of troy 03/26/01 02:28 PM Re: chonchoid curves? rodward 03/27/01 10:04 AM Re: chonchoid curves? inselpeter 03/27/01 11:37 AM Funiculi, Funicula AnnaStrophic 03/31/01 12:17 AM Re: Funiculi, Funicula wwh 03/31/01 01:42 AM Re: Funiculi, Funicula AnnaStrophic 03/31/01 11:22 AM Etymology wwh 03/31/01 06:03 PM Re: Etymology wwh 04/07/01 04:02 PM Re: Etymology wwh 04/07/01 04:51 PM Re: Etymology wwh 04/07/01 05:03 PM Re: Etymology Bobyoungbalt 04/09/01 04:45 PM Re: Etymology wwh 04/09/01 06:11 PM Re: Etymology inselpeter 04/09/01 06:17 PM Re: Etymology Bobyoungbalt 04/09/01 06:55 PM Re: Etymology wow 04/09/01 08:00 PM Re: Etymology wwh 04/09/01 09:25 PM Re: Etymology inselpeter 04/10/01 12:31 PM Re: Etymology Faldage 04/10/01 12:55 PM Re: Etymology Bobyoungbalt 04/10/01 03:09 PM Re: Etymology Sparteye 04/10/01 03:42 PM Re: Nosegay Fiberbabe 04/10/01 02:23 PM Re: Nosegay RhubarbCommando 04/10/01 03:11 PM Re: Nosegay Bobyoungbalt 04/10/01 03:32 PM Re: Nosegay Sparteye 04/10/01 03:45 PM Re: Nosegay Bobyoungbalt 04/10/01 03:26 PM Re: Etymology -- Asparagus Faldage 04/09/01 06:19 PM Re: Funiculi, Funicula rodward 04/02/01 10:20 AM Re: Funiculi, Funicula Jackie 04/02/01 10:41 AM Re: etymology Rouspeteur 03/25/01 11:00 AM Re: etymology Geoff 03/25/01 03:48 PM Re: etymology belMarduk 03/26/01 02:17 PM Re: etymology wwh 03/25/01 01:41 PM Re: etymology tsuwm 03/25/01 03:58 PM Re: etymology wwh 03/25/01 05:40 PM Re: etymology wwh 03/29/01 04:33 PM Re: etymology wwh 03/30/01 11:35 PM Re: etymology Bobyoungbalt 03/26/01 03:56 PM Re: etymology inselpeter 03/26/01 04:11 PM Re: etymology belMarduk 03/27/01 02:35 PM Re: etymology maverick 03/27/01 02:56 PM Re: etymology inselpeter 03/27/01 02:58 PM Re: etymology inselpeter 03/27/01 02:57 PM Re: etymology wwh 04/29/01 03:55 PM Re: aloof tsuwm 04/29/01 04:41 PM Re: etymology wwh 04/29/01 06:50 PM Re: etymology Jackie 04/29/01 11:22 PM Re: etymology Max Quordlepleen 04/29/01 11:31 PM Re: etymology Jackie 04/29/01 11:40 PM Re: etymology Max Quordlepleen 04/29/01 11:43 PM Re: etymology Capital Kiwi 04/30/01 12:17 AM Re: etymology Max Quordlepleen 04/30/01 01:16 AM Re: etymology Jackie 04/30/01 01:35 AM Re: etymology Capital Kiwi 04/30/01 06:28 AM Re: Asterix Faldage 04/30/01 03:02 PM Re: Asterix rodward 04/30/01 03:27 PM Re: Asterix rodward 05/10/01 07:27 AM Re: Asterix Capital Kiwi 05/10/01 07:53 AM Re: Asterix rodward 05/10/01 08:16 AM Re: Asterix Faldage 05/10/01 12:42 PM Re: Name your poison wow 05/10/01 05:28 PM Re: etymology rodward 04/30/01 09:52 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 Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,368 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 (), 748 guests, and 0 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 30 A C Bowden 21 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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