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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: OUCH! #59787 03/06/02 11:54 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 393 London N NicholasW enthusiast NicholasW enthusiast N Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 393 London Could be onomatopoeic in origin. Till the seventeenth century it would be pronounced ooch, which has the vowel of the more natural howler-monkey exclamation we make on finding something is too hot. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted OUCH! Sparteye 03/05/02 06:17 PM Re: OUCH! TEd Remington 03/05/02 06:20 PM Re: OUCH! Bean 03/05/02 06:39 PM Re: OUCH! Hyla 03/05/02 06:39 PM Re: OUCH! Bean 03/05/02 06:44 PM Re: OUCH! AnnaStrophic 03/05/02 06:45 PM Re: OUCH! boronia 03/05/02 08:27 PM French "aie!" wofahulicodoc 03/05/02 11:21 PM En Español consuelo 03/06/02 12:38 AM Re: French "aie!" belMarduk 03/11/02 02:34 AM M'aidez ? wofahulicodoc 03/11/02 10:05 PM Re: M'aidez ? belMarduk 03/11/02 10:08 PM Re: M'aidez ? wwh 03/11/02 10:17 PM Re: Premarin? Angel 03/12/02 01:02 AM Re: Premarin? doc_comfort 03/12/02 04:12 AM Re: Premarin? Jackie 03/12/02 12:53 PM Re: Premarin? Faldage 03/12/02 01:47 PM Re: Premarin? Sparteye 03/13/02 03:00 PM Re: Premarin? Faldage 03/13/02 03:27 PM Whence "Premarin"? wofahulicodoc 03/13/02 07:00 PM Re: OUCH! hev 03/06/02 01:21 AM Re: OUCH! stales 03/10/02 01:40 PM Re: OUCH! hev 03/11/02 12:53 AM Re: OUCH! jmh 03/06/02 07:21 AM Re: OUCH! NicholasW 03/06/02 11:54 AM Ouch, we're cooking! belligerentyouth 03/06/02 03:03 PM Re: OUCH! Sparteye 03/10/02 12:52 AM Autsch! belligerentyouth 03/11/02 10:25 PM Re: Autsch! belMarduk 03/11/02 10:39 PM Re: OUCH! stales 03/12/02 01:17 PM Re: OUCH! Wordwind 03/12/02 01:32 PM Re: OUCH! Capital Kiwi 03/12/02 06:01 PM Re: OUCH! belMarduk 03/13/02 02:25 AM Re: OUCH! milum 03/13/02 10:22 AM Re: OUCH!/swearing boronia 03/13/02 01:48 PM Re: OUCH! Sparteye 03/13/02 03:05 PM Re: OUCH! Bingley 04/01/02 07:57 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 Posts229,371 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 (), 882 guests, and 0 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 30 A C Bowden 24 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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