http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/forums/3 en-us Copyright 2006, Yuku feeds@yuku.com (FeedMaster) webmaster@yuku.com (WebMaster) Fri, 31 May 2002 14:47:15 GMT Yuku Feeds 1.0 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://static.yuku.com//feed/bypass/images/button-yuku.png http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/forums/3 Yuku - free hosted forums and profiles 88 31 {pics-1.1 "http://www.icra.org/ratingsv02.html" l gen true for "http://yuku.com" r (nz 1 vz 1 lz 1 oz 1 cz 1 ) "http://www.rsac.org/ratingsv01.html" l gen true for "http://yuku.com" r (n 0 s 0 v 0 l 0 )) Search Domain q http://yuku.com/search/direct/ http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/1321/t/Murkin.html
Please help. ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Unregistered(d)) http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/1321 Fri, 31 May 2002 12:32:07 GMT http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/1322/t/err-umm-uh-.html
www.nature.com/nsu/020527/020527-2.html ]]> feeds@yuku.com (gregs(d)) http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/1322 Fri, 31 May 2002 12:03:52 GMT http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/1323/t/Peking-Beijing.html feeds@yuku.com (Senning) http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/1323 Fri, 31 May 2002 03:54:20 GMT http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/1313/t/nostalgia.html
Does anyone know a web site that has the Indo- European Root data? What does NES mean? It it mans "home," does "nest" come from it? "Neighborhood?" ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Unregistered(d)) http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/1313 Thu, 30 May 2002 16:29:31 GMT http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/1320/t/Holy-Cow.html
Thanks. ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Unregistered(d)) http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/1320 Thu, 30 May 2002 14:05:45 GMT http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/1316/t/SPAM.html
I first heard this while I was living in Hawai'i where SPAM is very much still a common food even after it's popularization during WWII. Since then I have heard mentions of it on several occasions.
SPAM (the actual meat [if you can call it actual meat]) was a common staple especially for islanders and soldiers during the WWII era. The arrival of SPAM coincided with the GI's mail shipments. It became common to expect large shipments of SPAM to come... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Unregistered(d)) http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/1316 Thu, 30 May 2002 13:42:47 GMT http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/1301/t/stool-pigeon.html One carrier pigeon would be tied to a stool (possibly with a bag over its head?), and then a whole flock would come and investigate. Then you could net or shoot them all.
I first heard this in a science textbook, illustrating species extinction. It convinced me, but I guess it is much too late to be the real origin? Does anyone know if this was an actual practice or just a tale?
Sorry if this has been discussed before,... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (ivesiana(d)) http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/1301 Thu, 30 May 2002 13:41:45 GMT http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/1319/t/Out-of-whack.html feeds@yuku.com (Unregistered(d)) http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/1319 Thu, 30 May 2002 00:59:04 GMT http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/1315/t/quick-brown-fox-revisited.html
The book is fiction, but I cannot tell if the town or namesake is supposedly real. Will MapQuest/google later....

]]> feeds@yuku.com (wordgeek) http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/1315 Wed, 29 May 2002 21:09:19 GMT http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/1311/t/Green-Yeggs-amp-.html feeds@yuku.com (Unregistered(d)) http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/1311 Wed, 29 May 2002 14:40:56 GMT http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/1175/t/Redskin.html
That sounds unlikely to me. Anyone know more about this term?
]]> feeds@yuku.com (Steve Premo) http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/1175 Wed, 29 May 2002 07:48:44 GMT http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/1314/t/Pervez-Musharraf.html feeds@yuku.com (Senning) http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/1314 Tue, 28 May 2002 21:29:53 GMT http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/1424/t/Theory-Theology.html
In case you're wondering, this question arose because my son made a pun on "theology" and "theory" as it related to the theory of evolution.

Thanks. ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Jay Torborg) http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/1424 Tue, 28 May 2002 19:41:13 GMT http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/1421/t/nerf-foam-projectile-or-insult-to-hans-solo-.html
it is used in star wars: empire strikes back. the princess calls hans solo a scruffy looking "nerf herder." he takes it quite offensively.

then, there's the nerf brand which makes toys out of foam.

and finally, the band called the nerf herders (which is of course from star wars).

my hypothesis is that "nerf" refers to a substance of nothingness. hans... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Unregistered(d)) http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/1421 Tue, 28 May 2002 19:35:25 GMT http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/1437/t/California-the-land-of-milk-and-honey-.html
"California" -Greek roots passing through Spain? ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Unregistered(d)) http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/1437 Tue, 28 May 2002 18:57:14 GMT http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/1425/t/seesaw.html
While we're at it, any use for "sawsee"?

]]> feeds@yuku.com (wordgeek) http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/1425 Tue, 28 May 2002 14:54:22 GMT http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/1420/t/An-quot-0ld-Saw-quot-.html
I have searched Mencken, and Funk, and Espy, and, my "Dictionary of Americanisms", and Safire, etc. No help. If I didn't know it myself, I'd think no one else used it.

Anyone know it's history?

Thanks.

jmpoer

jmpoer@ix.netcom.com ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Unregistered(d)) http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/1420 Tue, 28 May 2002 13:49:41 GMT http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/1300/t/golliwog.html feeds@yuku.com (david2169) http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/1300 Tue, 28 May 2002 13:26:09 GMT http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/1435/t/Ruth-s-Chris.html
Incidentally, Ruth is a surname (owner Ann K. Ruth), in case that helps. No, it didn't for me, either....

]]> feeds@yuku.com (wordgeek) http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/1435 Tue, 28 May 2002 10:05:23 GMT http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/1318/t/apostophit.html feeds@yuku.com (galwaygirl) http://wordoriginsorg.yuku.com/topic/1318 Tue, 28 May 2002 09:50:07 GMT