The wheel-ruts of modern English.

Nicker on 25/5/2006 at 04:33

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"This is a map of the wheel-ruts of modern English. Etymologies are not definitions; they're explanations of what our words meant and how they sounded 600 or 2,000 years ago."

A very enjoyable resource - (http://www.etymonline.com/index.php) The Online Etymology Dictionary

D'Juhn Keep on 25/5/2006 at 12:12

Thanks for the link, interesting stuff! :thumb:

Eshaktaar on 25/5/2006 at 18:22

Bookmark'd. Good find!

jtr7 on 26/5/2006 at 05:00

:thumb: Yay! Thanks, Nicker, I love this stuff.

doctorfrog on 1/6/2006 at 17:45

Nice find! Word origins, without the pesky subscription to the OED.

ZylonBane on 1/6/2006 at 17:54

Oddly enough, this came up in one of my searches:

"(http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=old+hat&searchmode=none) Old hat"

Well, you learn something new every day!

SD on 1/6/2006 at 18:11

Your old hat is (http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?p=1067628#post1067628) old hat.

jtr7 on 1/6/2006 at 18:19

Bringing old hats to a new generation.:thumb:

ZylonBane on 1/6/2006 at 20:10

Woah... it's an infinite recursive loop of old hats within old hats within old hats within old hats within old hats within old hats within old hats within old hats within old hats within old hats within old hats within old hats within old hats within old hats within old ha-- head explodes

Para?noid on 1/6/2006 at 21:48

Chance would be a fine thing