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OP The only way that the old-timers can have gotten this name is from geography or history in school. Over a hundred years ago there was a revival of interest in Persia, for example. I knew a couple women with names like Atossa, daughter of Cyrus the Great. I haven't been able to find out any historical events involving Tunket .
One other expressions old-timers commonly used was "hotter than Tophet." This referred to a Canaanite
temple not far from Jerusalem where children were sacrificed to Molech by incineeration.
In the same period, Timbuctoo was used as a figure of speech meaning far away. I was surprised to learn that it was famous as a commercial sourse of salt, a very valuable commodity in ancient times.
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Tunket wwh 08/03/01 08:57 PM Re: Tunket wwh 08/03/01 09:40 PM Re: Tunket tsuwm 08/03/01 10:00 PM Re: Tunket wwh 08/04/01 01:19 PM Re: Timbuctoo tsuwm 08/04/01 01:50 PM Re: Tophet(h) tsuwm 08/04/01 02:03 PM
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