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Oh, that wasn't directed at use Azazel, it was at Ethelred. Just a bit of a cross post there...
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BUBBA AIN'T GOT NO LEGS, SONNYOriginally posted by Provost Harrison
What about Bubba?
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Orl KorrectOriginally posted by Azazel
okay...
btw, this is another question. What does O.K stand for?One day Canada will rule the world, and then we'll all be sorry.Comment
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Edward --> Ned
I don't have a clue why.http://tools.wikimedia.de/~gmaxwell/jorbis/JOrbisPlayer.php?path=John+Williams+The+Imperial+M arch+from+The+Empire+Strikes+Back.ogg&wiki=enComment
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Hey I am just quoting something my sister said. I never did get it straight why Nancy was called Bee. My sister's explanation was actually the best one I heard. The other was that Nancy's brother couldn't pronounce Nancy but where the Bee came from I never did find out.Originally posted by Provost Harrison
Oh, that wasn't directed at use Azazel, it was at Ethelred.Comment
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OK I will give the answer I have heard. Its certainly a US origin term for one thing. I had heard it was a modified African term that came from the slaves. That may be part of it anyway according to this NPR page:Originally posted by Azazel
okay...
btw, this is another question. What does O.K stand for?
Same thing on this one:
I think the space program may have had a lot to do with its popularity outside the US.Comment
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Edward = Ed= NedOriginally posted by Ned
Edward --> Ned
I don't have a clue why."I know not with what weapons WWIII will be fought with, but WWIV will be fought with sticks & stones". Albert Einstein
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If I'm not wrong, it stands for "0 (Zero) kills", first used by army captains, during the American Civil War, as their companies came back from duty and they put down their losses on a blackboard.Originally posted by Azazel
btw, this is another question. What does O.K stand for?"An intellectual is a man who doesn't know how to park a bike"
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Hmm, some diminutive forms in different languages are quite strange, like
Vladimir = Vova (in Russian) or
Remedios = Meme (in Spanish)You make my life and times
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hmmm I always though it was Old Kinderhook...Stop Quoting BenComment
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Elizabeth->Betty is quite clear if for once you pronounce th as a usual t.
James(en)=Jaques(fr)=Jakob(ge)=Jacopo(it) seems to be the unshortened version (the original name is Hebrew, but I don't know the original spelling nor the transcription to latin letters
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When I asked this question years ago, I got the answer "origin unknown" (but it was my father, native German as I am, so there may be better answers). I translate it as a bad abbreviation of "all clear"btw, this is another question. What does O.K stand for?
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(just to avoid you posting big red letters...)Why doing it the easy way if it is possible to do it complicated?Comment
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You know, I'm American and I don't understand why.....Despot-(1a) : a ruler with absolute power and authority (1b) : a person exercising power tyrannically
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The origin of OK is really quite simple.
Kentucky Burboun.John Brown did nothing wrong.Comment
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