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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Flea market #58743 03/25/02 12:53 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta B Bingley Carpal Tunnel Bingley Carpal Tunnel B Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta As well as going westward to the Turkish etymon for bazaar travelled eastwards to Indonesia to become pasar, meaning market. One variation not mentioned so far is the jumble sale. Again jumble sales were usually held by church groups or other good causes, and offered for sale things which would otherwise only get thrown away. I was quite an avid attender of jumble sales as a small boy with my grandmother. I forget what it was she used to buy, but I always had a great time going through the used books. Quick edit. As I posted this I thought Turkish didn't sound right. According to the online AHD, bazaar is from the Persian.http://www.bartleby.com/61/52/B0125200.html Bingley Bingley Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Flea market Bean 02/26/02 04:44 PM Re: Flea market wwh 02/26/02 05:21 PM Re: Flea market Bean 02/26/02 05:45 PM Re: Flea market stales 02/27/02 04:53 AM Re: Flea market Capital Kiwi 02/27/02 11:02 AM Re: Flea market of troy 02/27/02 01:14 PM Re: Flea market boronia 02/27/02 05:22 PM Re: Flea market Jackie 02/28/02 02:52 AM Re: Flea market WhitmanO'Neill 03/03/02 06:46 PM Re: Flea market Geoff 03/03/02 09:36 PM Re: Flea market WhitmanO'Neill 03/03/02 10:41 PM Re: Flea market Geoff 03/04/02 03:12 AM Re: Flea market WhitmanO'Neill 03/04/02 03:39 AM Re: Flea market Jackie 03/04/02 02:43 AM nekkid consuelo 03/04/02 02:53 AM Re: Flea market jmh 03/04/02 07:28 AM Re: Flea market Capital Kiwi 03/04/02 11:29 AM Re: Flea market Bean 02/27/02 11:31 AM Re: Tailgating Faldage 03/04/02 11:21 AM Re: Flea market Bingley 03/25/02 12:53 PM Re: Flea market Capital Kiwi 03/25/02 07:47 PM Re: Flea market Bean 03/26/02 01:54 PM Re: Flea market Bingley 04/02/02 10:39 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 Posts229,361 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 (), 647 guests, and 0 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 35 A C Bowden 22 LukeJavan8 3 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,557 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,919 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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