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Topic Options #180401 - 11/18/08 01:18 PM "Fay Nights? Juneauwhat stranger Registered: 11/18/08 Posts: 1 Loc: Portland, OR AT English boarding school, when we wanted release from a fight, we'd shout "PAX!". When my Dad wanted me to stop tickling him, he'd shout something that sounded like "FAY-NIGHTS" or "FAY-NITS" What is that word? I have never heard it while living in the US since 1960.\ Any information? Top #180402 - 11/18/08 01:52 PM Re: "Fay Nights? [Re: Juneauwhat] tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Registered: 04/03/00 Posts: 8911 Loc: this too shall pass O feigh! (a Scots interjection indicating disgust) akin to (Yiddish?) feh! -joe (just conjecturing) friday Top #180424 - 11/18/08 10:30 PM Re: "Fay Nights? [Re: Juneauwhat] The Pook old hand Registered: 02/20/08 Posts: 957 Loc: Tasmania Sure it wasn't finis? Top #180455 - 11/20/08 01:49 AM Re: "Fay Nights? [Re: The Pook] Zed Pooh-Bah Registered: 08/27/02 Posts: 1829 Loc: British Columbia, Canada Hi and welcome Did your Dad speak any languages besides English? Top Previous Topic Index Next Topic Preview 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 consolidated into a single forum above) ------   Words from medicine   Beheading words   Meta-words   Words from classical mythology   Animal Safari   Words with unusual etymologies   Eponyms or words derived from people's names.   Loanwords from German   English as a global language Print Topic Switch to Threaded Mode View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts Forum Stats 6784 Members 16 Forums 12336 Topics 181265 Posts Max Online: 853 @ 10/23/07 11:39 AM Who's Online 1 registered (LukeJavan8), 9 Guests and 12 Spiders online. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Newest Members northodox, Michael Paris, hellerfan, Conora, PastorVon 6783 Registered Users Top Posters wwh 13858 Faldage 11845 Jackie 9812 tsuwm 8911 AnnaStrophic 6436 Wordwind 6296 etaoin 6250 of troy 5400 maverick 4683 WhitmanO'Neill 4186 January Su M Tu W Th F Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

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