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Page 2 of 2 < 1 2 Topic Options #176827 - 05/10/08 09:49 PM Re: Happy Birthday SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM! [Re: The Pook] Jackie Jackie Carpal Tunnel Registered: 03/15/00 Posts: 9620 Loc: Louisville, Kentucky Jackieville, where Spam has two syllables: Spayam ! Yeah, spam has two syllables. I've also been meaning to report here that the other night our organist told us about one time when she was teaching in an elementary school, she was walking down the hall when she overheard a second-grade (i.e., 7-yr.-olds) teacher giving a spelling lesson. The word was "it". The teacher said, "Listen to the sounds of the letters. This word has two syllables: ee-ut." Top #176838 - 05/11/08 12:25 PM Re: Happy Birthday SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM! [Re: Myridon] The Pook The Pook addict Registered: 02/20/08 Posts: 592 Loc: Tasmania  Originally Posted By: Myridon Backronym = The Pook means The Person Of Obscure Knowledge. (unless I guessed that right ;-) ). You didn't, it's impossible to guess the orgin of The Pook, but I like that. Perhaps I should adopt it. However, it is not strictly speaking a bacronym, since like the programming language Perl, Pook has never actually been an acronym. Edited by The Pook (05/11/08 12:25 PM) Top Page 2 of 2 < 1 2 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 Jackie View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts The Pook View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts Forum Stats 6542 Members 16 Forums 12084 Topics 177783 Posts Max Online: 853 @ 10/23/07 11:39 AM Who's Online 1 registered (1 invisible) and 19 anonymous users online. details Newest Members devika, Word Lady, olivetolaugh, Walker Smith, Slogantees 6541 Registered Users Top Posters 13858 wwh 11496 Faldage 9620 Jackie 8655 tsuwm 6403 AnnaStrophic 6296 Wordwind 6081 etaoin 5380 of troy 4683 maverick 4186 WhitmanO'Neill July 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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