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- Thu Mar 30, 2006 11:37 pm
- Forum: The Rebel-Yankee Test
- Topic: Grandparents
- Replies: 75
- Views: 359624
- Thu Mar 30, 2006 11:28 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: abrogate
- Replies: 7
- Views: 13708
Frank, read more closely: any relationship between abrogate and obrigado (thank you). I thought the reply implied a clear and loud no to any kind of perceived relationship between the two words suggested above :-). F I agree with BD. The fact that you discuss a relationship between two other words ...
- Thu Mar 30, 2006 11:24 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: CONTUMELY
- Replies: 3
- Views: 9467
- Thu Mar 30, 2006 5:35 pm
- Forum: The Rebel-Yankee Test
- Topic: Soft Drinks: pop, soda, coke, et al
- Replies: 84
- Views: 838280
I grew up in Michigan. We would shift back and forth between soda pop and soft drinks. When we asked if someone wanted a coke or a ginger ale, we meant the actual beverage, not a generic concept. As to how Northern or Southern soda pop is, Hank Williams was born in Mount Olive West Alabama and then ...
- Thu Mar 30, 2006 2:49 pm
- Forum: Idioms
- Topic: Frogs & Hailstones?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 113565
- Thu Mar 30, 2006 9:06 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: abrogate
- Replies: 7
- Views: 13708
- Thu Mar 30, 2006 8:59 am
- Forum: Idioms
- Topic: Frogs & Hailstones?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 113565
In the cauldron boil and bake; Eye of newt and toe of frog, Wool of bat and tongue of dog, Adder's fork and blind-worm's sting, Lizard's leg and howlet's wing, For a charm of powerful trouble, Like a hell-broth boil and bubble. ALL. Double, double, toil and trouble; Fire burn and cauldron bubble. T...
- Thu Mar 30, 2006 8:48 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: OBVIATE
- Replies: 1
- Views: 6338
- Wed Mar 29, 2006 3:41 pm
- Forum: Res Diversae
- Topic: chalant and gruntled
- Replies: 5
- Views: 23496
- Wed Mar 29, 2006 10:04 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Zounds!
- Replies: 10
- Views: 25073
- Wed Mar 29, 2006 9:59 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: MAQUILADORA
- Replies: 13
- Views: 24538