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Re: Ffordian word and letter game
Posted by: MuseSusan (---.union.edu)
Date: April 10, 2008 04:12PM

really

Re: Ffordian word and letter game
Posted by: Bonzai Kitten (58.163.130.---)
Date: April 11, 2008 02:34PM

yorba

Re: Ffordian word and letter game
Posted by: EgonSpengler (---.ipt.aol.com)
Date: April 21, 2008 08:22AM

asterisk

Re: Ffordian word and letter game
Posted by: Bonzai Kitten (58.163.131.---)
Date: April 21, 2008 01:46PM

keratin

Re: Ffordian word and letter game
Posted by: BibwitHart (---.253-207-192.VIC.netspace.net.au)
Date: April 22, 2008 06:09AM

nylon


(I discovered just now that the word nylon supposedly comes from the words cotton and rayon)

Re: Ffordian word and letter game
Posted by: EgonSpengler (---.nottingham.ac.uk)
Date: April 23, 2008 04:06PM

nomic

Re: Ffordian word and letter game
Posted by: HouseInTheWoods (81.102.13.---)
Date: April 23, 2008 04:30PM

comic

Re: Ffordian word and letter game
Posted by: MuseSusan (---.union.edu)
Date: April 24, 2008 06:28AM

crystal

Re: Ffordian word and letter game
Posted by: CannibalRabbit (---.253-200-181.VIC.netspace.net.au)
Date: April 24, 2008 11:39AM

lyric

Re: Ffordian word and letter game
Posted by: BibwitHart (---.253-207-192.VIC.netspace.net.au)
Date: April 24, 2008 11:50AM

cyclic

Re: Ffordian word and letter game
Posted by: Barefoot Andy (195.188.86.---)
Date: April 24, 2008 01:08PM

chihuahua

Re: Ffordian word and letter game
Posted by: SkidMarks (---.manc.cable.ntl.com)
Date: April 26, 2008 11:09AM

BibwitHart Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------

>
> (I discovered just now that the word nylon
> supposedly comes from the words cotton and rayon)

Although someone from DuPont did say that the "on" part came from cotton and rayon, the "nyl" part was arbitrary. Later, they said that it was originally going to be "No-Run" but that they were worried about making an unjustified claim and just changed letters until they hit a nice sound.

anyway

(No seriously, that is my follow-on from Chihuahua)

Ffordian word and letter game
Posted by: zendao42 (---.bhm.bellsouth.net)
Date: April 28, 2008 12:00AM

year


SkidMarks Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------
> BibwitHart Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
>
>
>
> (I discovered just now that the word nylon
> supposedly comes from the words cotton and
> rayon)
>-----------------------------------------------------
> Although someone from DuPont did say that the "on"
> part came from cotton and rayon, the "nyl" part
> was arbitrary. Later, they said that it was
> originally going to be "No-Run" but that they were
> worried about making an unjustified claim and just
> changed letters until they hit a nice sound.
>
> anyway
>
> (No seriously, that is my follow-on from
> Chihuahua)
------------------------------------------------------

I heard it was a combination of NEW YORK & LONDON, but that could be a myth-
carry on, my word is at the top...

Re: Ffordian word and letter game
Posted by: EgonSpengler (---.nottingham.ac.uk)
Date: April 28, 2008 03:19PM

rancour

Re: Ffordian word and letter game
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Date: April 30, 2008 10:34AM

rodomontade

Re: Ffordian word and letter game
Posted by: Bonzai Kitten (149.135.106.---)
Date: April 30, 2008 03:11PM

et

Re: Ffordian word and letter game
Posted by: EgonSpengler (---.nottingham.ac.uk)
Date: April 30, 2008 04:07PM

tortoise

Re: Ffordian word and letter game
Posted by: BibwitHart (---.253-207-192.VIC.netspace.net.au)
Date: May 01, 2008 06:18AM

ephemeral

Re: Ffordian word and letter game
Posted by: Bonzai Kitten (149.135.106.---)
Date: May 02, 2008 02:45PM

lupercalia

Re: Ffordian word and letter game
Posted by: Bonzai Kitten (149.135.106.---)
Date: May 02, 2008 02:45PM

lupercalia

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