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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Have a go #44567 10/17/01 01:04 AM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,891 B belMarduk Carpal Tunnel belMarduk Carpal Tunnel B Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,891 So we have: Have a go = give it a birl = give it a whirl What about "take a stab at it," which means the same thing but seems a tad more, um, rough. Does anybody have an idea as to origin of this particular variation? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Have A Go stales 10/14/01 03:20 PM Re: Have A Go of troy 10/14/01 03:48 PM Re: Have A Go Keiva 10/14/01 04:01 PM Re: Have A Go wow 10/14/01 06:19 PM Re: Have A Go Capital Kiwi 10/14/01 07:25 PM Re: Have A Go wofahulicodoc 10/14/01 10:49 PM Birling Bobyoungbalt 10/15/01 02:11 AM Re: Have A Go stales 10/14/01 11:19 PM Re: Have A Go Jackie 10/15/01 02:17 AM Re: Have A Go stales 10/15/01 04:03 AM Re: Have A Go stales 10/15/01 04:57 AM chocolate wheel TEd Remington 10/15/01 04:54 PM Re: chocolate wheel Capital Kiwi 10/16/01 10:45 PM Have a go belMarduk 10/17/01 01:04 AM Re: Have a go doc_comfort 10/17/01 01:14 AM Re: Have A Go tsuwm 10/15/01 05:03 AM Stream-of-consciousness Jackie 10/15/01 11:08 AM Post deleted by Wordwind Wordwind 10/17/01 09:15 AM Chocolate wheel redux TEd Remington 10/17/01 04:50 PM Re: Have A Go Keiva 10/15/01 03:12 PM Re: Have A Go of troy 10/15/01 03:53 PM Re: Have A Go Keiva 10/15/01 04:37 PM Re: Have A Go stales 10/21/01 12:40 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 Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,331 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 (), 854 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 32 A C Bowden 15 ddrinnan 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,542 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,916 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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