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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Its a jungle out there #99758 04/06/03 12:54 AM Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 247 W wordminstrel enthusiast wordminstrel enthusiast W Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 247 I still hold, that european explorers defined areas as jungles because they wanted to be able to claim them -and- I've never heard it [pre-Euro North America] referred to as anything but forests, yet that didn't stop the colonization and confiscation of these lands They called it "Manifest Destiny", didn't they? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted from fastidious to evangelical AnnaStrophic 03/31/03 12:56 AM Re: from fastidious to evangelical of troy 03/31/03 07:17 PM Re: from fastidious to evangelical RubyRed 04/06/03 07:43 PM Re: from fastidious to evangelical Jackie 03/31/03 11:03 PM Re: from fastidious to evangelical tsuwm 04/01/03 03:41 AM Re: from fastidious to evangelical Capfka 04/01/03 07:18 AM Re: from fastidious to evangelical Wordwind 04/01/03 07:44 AM Re: from fastidious to evangelical Capfka 04/01/03 11:30 AM pragmatism wsieber 04/02/03 07:18 AM Re: from fastidious to evangelical wsieber 04/01/03 01:00 PM Re: from fastidious to evangelical Jackie 04/01/03 02:00 PM Re: from fastidious to evangelical of troy 04/01/03 07:40 PM Re: from fastidious to evangelical TheFallibleFiend 04/01/03 08:46 PM Re: from fastidious to evangelical Zed 04/02/03 01:37 AM Re: from fastidious to evangelical of troy 04/02/03 12:25 PM Re: from fastidious to evangelical Wordwind 04/02/03 12:40 PM Re: from fastidious to evangelical TheFallibleFiend 04/02/03 01:32 PM Re: from fastidious to evangelical tsuwm 04/02/03 01:47 PM Re: from fastidious to evangelical TheFallibleFiend 04/02/03 02:28 PM Re: from fastidious to evangelical Jackie 04/02/03 07:28 PM Re: from fastidious to evangelical AnnaStrophic 04/02/03 07:42 PM Re: from fastidious to evangelical tsuwm 04/02/03 07:45 PM Re:nothing to sneer at sjm 04/02/03 08:30 PM Re: from fastidious to evangelical TheFallibleFiend 04/02/03 08:53 PM Re: from fastidious to evangelical Jackie 04/02/03 10:12 PM Re: from fastidious to evangelical of troy 04/02/03 02:35 PM Re: from fastidious to evangelical TheFallibleFiend 04/04/03 11:51 AM Re: from forest to jungle Faldage 04/04/03 12:21 PM Re: from forest to jungle Wordwind 04/04/03 03:16 PM Re: from forest to jungle maahey 04/04/03 06:48 PM Re: from forest to jungle Zed 04/05/03 02:36 AM Re: from forest to jungle Faldage 04/05/03 04:40 PM Re: from forest to jungle of troy 04/05/03 09:17 PM Re: from forest to jungle consuelo 04/05/03 11:45 PM Its a jungle out there wordminstrel 04/06/03 12:54 AM Re: semi-trucks Buffalo Shrdlu 04/06/03 12:58 AM Re: Its a jungle out there of troy 04/06/03 01:20 AM Re: Its a jungle out there sjm 04/06/03 08:35 AM Re: Its a jungle out there Wordwind 04/06/03 09:35 AM Re: Its a jungle out there Capfka 04/06/03 10:22 AM Re: Its a jungle out there sjm 04/06/03 10:59 AM Re: Its a jungle out there consuelo 04/06/03 06:05 PM Re: Its a jungle out there tsuwm 04/06/03 06:12 PM Re: Its a jungle out there sjm 04/06/03 09:12 PM Re: Its a jungle out there Capfka 04/06/03 10:03 PM Re: Its a jungle out there of troy 04/07/03 01:16 PM Re: Clickety Clickety Click! maahey 04/05/03 06:24 AM Re: from fastidious to evangelical Buffalo Shrdlu 04/05/03 12:29 PM Re: from fastidious to evangelical Bean 04/02/03 02:51 PM Re: from fastidious to evangelical dxb 04/01/03 01:59 PM Re: from fastidious to evangelical wordminstrel 04/02/03 09:24 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 Posts229,344 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 (), 782 guests, and 2 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 29 A C Bowden 20 LukeJavan8 2 ddrinnan 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,546 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,918 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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