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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Suffering fools #45651 10/25/01 11:24 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 why the heck is "jaunty" a derivative of "gen"? Pronunciation of the French gentil. The meaning has slipped a bit since it was first used to describe the possibly arrogant (from the Saxon point of view) attitude of the Norman overlords. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted indigenous tututu 10/24/01 04:12 AM Re: indigenous Bingley 10/24/01 05:16 AM Post deleted by Wordwind Wordwind 10/24/01 08:35 AM Re: indigen Keiva 10/24/01 10:18 AM Re: indigen RhubarbCommando 10/24/01 10:54 AM Re: indigen wwh 10/24/01 11:38 AM Re: con genial maverick 10/24/01 11:59 AM Re: con genial wwh 10/24/01 12:22 PM Re: con genial Keiva 10/24/01 08:15 PM Re: con genial wwh 10/24/01 09:06 PM Post deleted by Wordwind Wordwind 10/25/01 08:17 AM Re: Suffering fools Faldage 10/25/01 11:24 AM Post deleted by Wordwind Wordwind 10/25/01 11:48 AM Re: Suffering fools wwh 10/25/01 12:59 PM Re: Suffering fools wwh 10/25/01 01:04 PM Re: Suffering fools wisely Faldage 10/25/01 01:14 PM Re: Suffering fools wisely tsuwm 10/25/01 02:13 PM Re: con genial maverick 10/25/01 01:22 PM Re: con genial wwh 10/25/01 02:25 PM Re: con genial; con genital; sui generis Keiva 10/26/01 11:13 AM Re: ind'gens Faldage 10/24/01 02:06 PM Re: ind'gens RhubarbCommando 10/24/01 02:54 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 Posts229,399 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 (), 299 guests, and 0 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 38 A C Bowden 27 LukeJavan8 6 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,577 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,922 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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