Parish_boy, while you are in the New York area you may notice some of the natives there are just as cavalier in their use or lack of use of "r's".
Mark
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- Mon Mar 27, 2006 7:21 pm
- Forum: The Rebel-Yankee Test
- Topic: Warsh?
- Replies: 76
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- Sun Mar 26, 2006 11:51 pm
- Forum: WELCOME HOME!
- Topic: some more words to consider for the test
- Replies: 36
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- Sun Mar 26, 2006 11:42 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: POSH
- Replies: 4
- Views: 9413
- Sun Mar 26, 2006 9:29 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: ABULIA
- Replies: 4
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- Sat Mar 25, 2006 9:30 pm
- Forum: Idioms
- Topic: Frogs & Hailstones?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 113547
- Fri Mar 24, 2006 9:50 pm
- Forum: The Rebel-Yankee Test
- Topic: Nylons vs. Panty Hose
- Replies: 8
- Views: 29168
Something got me to thinking about Lederhosen, that took me to hose>stockings, however lederhosen are not hose by any means but shorts with suspenders. From English to German <<hose>> goes to SCHLAUCH, STRUMPFWAREN, KNIEHOSE, HOSE, ABSPRITZEN, SPRITZEN , and hose from German to English I get TROUSER...
- Fri Mar 24, 2006 2:44 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: MAQUILADORA
- Replies: 13
- Views: 24538
- Thu Mar 23, 2006 11:37 pm
- Forum: Idioms
- Topic: Frogs & Hailstones?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 113547
- Thu Mar 23, 2006 7:54 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: glabella
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glabella
while browsing the dictionary I found this: glabella "space between the eyebrows," 1598, Mod.L., lit. fem. of adj. glabellus "without hair, smooth," dim. of glaber "smooth, bald," cognate with O.E. glæd "bright, shining, joyous" (see glad). glabella - a smooth...
- Thu Mar 23, 2006 3:14 pm
- Forum: Idioms
- Topic: Frogs & Hailstones?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 113547
- Wed Mar 22, 2006 11:47 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: gormless
- Replies: 1
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gormless
gormless
- Wed Mar 22, 2006 12:59 pm
- Forum: Idioms
- Topic: Frogs & Hailstones?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 113547
- Wed Mar 22, 2006 12:28 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: HOI POLLOI
- Replies: 6
- Views: 23601
- Tue Mar 21, 2006 7:55 pm
- Forum: Idioms
- Topic: Frogs & Hailstones?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 113547