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Hund
04-22-2004, 05:10 PM
not slight of hand. Sleight meaning dexterity or deceptiveness, comes from the Old Norse sloegdh, and slight, meaning slender or frail, comes from the Old Norse slettr, but they have nothing else in common except their pronunciation.

Jde-PJ
04-22-2004, 05:34 PM
not slight of hand. Sleight meaning dexterity or deceptiveness, comes from the Old Norse sloegdh, and slight, meaning slender or frail, comes from the Old Norse slettr, but they have nothing else in common except their pronunciation.
I did not know that hund:surprise:


so both of those words came from your ancestors then?:ditsy:


I like the song sleight of hand, do you?

when I was very young, I was very slight, I bet you did not know that, did you?
:rolleyes: :ditsy:

Nona Weisbawm
04-22-2004, 05:59 PM
not slight of hand. Sleight meaning dexterity or deceptiveness, comes from the Old Norse sloegdh, and slight, meaning slender or frail, comes from the Old Norse slettr, but they have nothing else in common except their pronunciation.
hahaha Hund cool! I always wanted to learn how to speak Old Norse!

oblio
04-22-2004, 07:40 PM
not slight of hand. Sleight meaning dexterity or deceptiveness, comes from the Old Norse sloegdh, and slight, meaning slender or frail, comes from the Old Norse slettr, but they have nothing else in common except their pronunciation.thanks hund - almost reminds me of me favorite word in hundesque - the dirty
one that i can't remember

goddamit - it's share - i did it again

i have to log this oblio guy out before i ruin his
good name!