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From: "Gary Logan" <>
Subject: RE: [ABOUT WORDS] eggs
Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2005 19:27:30 -0700
In-Reply-To: <6.2.1.2.2.20050212165532.08745b60@pop.ntlworld.com>


Eggzactly!

-----Original Message-----
From: Phil Warn [mailto:]
Sent: Saturday, February 12, 2005 9:59 AM
To:
Subject: Re: [ABOUT WORDS] eggs

Hi gang,

My dictionary talking about the use of to egg on, suggests that the verb
comes from Middle English weggen from Old Niorse eggja.

HTH.

So, hopefully Phil does not have egg on his face and that he is off to a
cracking start and that the yolk is not on him.

Eggsciting.

All white?.

Phil should be pun-ished for all this?

Phil

At 16:48 12/02/2005, wrote:
>I do not know for sure, but my dictionary says from Edging. Not sure of the
>connection. Maybe luring someone to go "over the edge" of something?
>
>Edging them on???
>
>Onery dogs will nip at your hindsides--maybe that is where ass-chewing came
>from.
>Fred
>Opining in the very wet desert.



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