The Poojer Posted August 31, 2005 Share Posted August 31, 2005 nm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crap Throwing Monkey Posted August 31, 2005 Share Posted August 31, 2005 Did he put it in your belfry with all the others? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thailog80 Posted August 31, 2005 Share Posted August 31, 2005 Did he put it in your belfry with all the others? 424179[/snapback] LOL!!! My hero. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
envirojeff Posted August 31, 2005 Share Posted August 31, 2005 That's not nice to talk that way about your new Grandmother! Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rubes Posted August 31, 2005 Share Posted August 31, 2005 Bats can be very dangerous. They are the only animal that can possibly transmit rabies without evidence of a bite. Any physical contact with bats is now generally considered enough of an exposure to warrant rabies vaccination. Or did he catch a baseball bat...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Poojer Posted August 31, 2005 Author Share Posted August 31, 2005 aww man, I thought we were tight! LOL!!! My hero. 424181[/snapback] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nervous Guy Posted August 31, 2005 Share Posted August 31, 2005 Did he put it in your belfry with all the others? 424179[/snapback] The word belfry, believe it or not, originally had nothing to do with bells. Belfry is from the Old French berfroi, meaning a wooden siege tower. The word first appears in English c. 1300 as berfreyes. Over the years the meaning shifted from a siege tower to watch towers (which may or may not have had alarm bells), and then eventually to bell towers and church steeples. The spelling shift occurred by c. 1430 when the spelling belfreyes appeared. Eventually the new L spelling created an association with bells and the modern sense denoting a room in a tower where bells are hung dates to 1549. Spelling shifts between L and R, as in berfreyes/belfry, are common in many languages, including English. The L and R sounds are formed almost identically, by raising the tip of the tongue close to the alveolar ridge, which contains the teeth. When pronouncing L, the tongue makes and maintains contact with the ridge; when sounding R, it comes close but does not touch. It is very easy to sound L when you mean R, and vice versa. While we are on the subject of belfries, the phrase bats in the belfry is an Americanism dating to 1899. This phrase is the source of the sense of bats or batty meaning eccentric or insane, which both appear in the first decade of the 20th century. A belfry is a likely place to find bats and the phrase is simply a jocular expression similar to not playing with a full deck or his elevator does not run all the way to the top. In this case the belfry represents the head and brain and bats were chosen for alliterative purposes and because the creatures can be found there. (Sources: Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd Edition; Historical Dictionary of American Slang) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#89 Posted August 31, 2005 Share Posted August 31, 2005 impressive _ I see you did your homework. or did you google that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
30dive Posted August 31, 2005 Share Posted August 31, 2005 God I pray that was a cut and paste! The word belfry, believe it or not, originally had nothing to do with bells. Belfry is from the Old French berfroi, meaning a wooden siege tower. The word first appears in English c. 1300 as berfreyes. Over the years the meaning shifted from a siege tower to watch towers (which may or may not have had alarm bells), and then eventually to bell towers and church steeples. The spelling shift occurred by c. 1430 when the spelling belfreyes appeared. Eventually the new L spelling created an association with bells and the modern sense denoting a room in a tower where bells are hung dates to 1549. Spelling shifts between L and R, as in berfreyes/belfry, are common in many languages, including English. The L and R sounds are formed almost identically, by raising the tip of the tongue close to the alveolar ridge, which contains the teeth. When pronouncing L, the tongue makes and maintains contact with the ridge; when sounding R, it comes close but does not touch. It is very easy to sound L when you mean R, and vice versa. While we are on the subject of belfries, the phrase bats in the belfry is an Americanism dating to 1899. This phrase is the source of the sense of bats or batty meaning eccentric or insane, which both appear in the first decade of the 20th century. A belfry is a likely place to find bats and the phrase is simply a jocular expression similar to not playing with a full deck or his elevator does not run all the way to the top. In this case the belfry represents the head and brain and bats were chosen for alliterative purposes and because the creatures can be found there. (Sources: Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd Edition; Historical Dictionary of American Slang) 424212[/snapback] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nervous Guy Posted August 31, 2005 Share Posted August 31, 2005 God I pray that was a cut and paste! 424224[/snapback] now if I was CTM...I'd just say I remember reading that somewhere ...me, I just google sh--...hence the citation. oh yeah...it was cut and paste...who has the time to type so much? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerball Posted August 31, 2005 Share Posted August 31, 2005 Better put a stake through it's heart. Can never be too careful. Eats lots of garlic for lunch too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chilly Posted August 31, 2005 Share Posted August 31, 2005 oh yeah...it was cut and paste...who has the time to type so much? 424230[/snapback] FFS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
30dive Posted August 31, 2005 Share Posted August 31, 2005 da da da da da da da da batman, batman, batman repeat..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crap Throwing Monkey Posted August 31, 2005 Share Posted August 31, 2005 The word belfry, believe it or not, originally had nothing to do with bells. Belfry is from the Old French berfroi, meaning a wooden siege tower. The word first appears in English c. 1300 as berfreyes. Over the years the meaning shifted from a siege tower to watch towers (which may or may not have had alarm bells), and then eventually to bell towers and church steeples. The spelling shift occurred by c. 1430 when the spelling belfreyes appeared. Eventually the new L spelling created an association with bells and the modern sense denoting a room in a tower where bells are hung dates to 1549. Spelling shifts between L and R, as in berfreyes/belfry, are common in many languages, including English. The L and R sounds are formed almost identically, by raising the tip of the tongue close to the alveolar ridge, which contains the teeth. When pronouncing L, the tongue makes and maintains contact with the ridge; when sounding R, it comes close but does not touch. It is very easy to sound L when you mean R, and vice versa. While we are on the subject of belfries, the phrase bats in the belfry is an Americanism dating to 1899. This phrase is the source of the sense of bats or batty meaning eccentric or insane, which both appear in the first decade of the 20th century. A belfry is a likely place to find bats and the phrase is simply a jocular expression similar to not playing with a full deck or his elevator does not run all the way to the top. In this case the belfry represents the head and brain and bats were chosen for alliterative purposes and because the creatures can be found there. (Sources: Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd Edition; Historical Dictionary of American Slang) 424212[/snapback] Tell me something I didn't know... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nervous Guy Posted August 31, 2005 Share Posted August 31, 2005 Tell me something I didn't know... 424262[/snapback] Dammit Monkey...I'm only a scientist....not God!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
\GoBillsInDallas/ Posted August 31, 2005 Share Posted August 31, 2005 The word belfry, believe it or not, originally had nothing to do with bells. Belfry is from the Old French berfroi, meaning a wooden siege tower. The word first appears in English c. 1300 as berfreyes. Over the years the meaning shifted from a siege tower to watch towers (which may or may not have had alarm bells), and then eventually to bell towers and church steeples. The spelling shift occurred by c. 1430 when the spelling belfreyes appeared. Eventually the new L spelling created an association with bells and the modern sense denoting a room in a tower where bells are hung dates to 1549. Spelling shifts between L and R, as in berfreyes/belfry, are common in many languages, including English. The L and R sounds are formed almost identically, by raising the tip of the tongue close to the alveolar ridge, which contains the teeth. When pronouncing L, the tongue makes and maintains contact with the ridge; when sounding R, it comes close but does not touch. It is very easy to sound L when you mean R, and vice versa. While we are on the subject of belfries, the phrase bats in the belfry is an Americanism dating to 1899. This phrase is the source of the sense of bats or batty meaning eccentric or insane, which both appear in the first decade of the 20th century. A belfry is a likely place to find bats and the phrase is simply a jocular expression similar to not playing with a full deck or his elevator does not run all the way to the top. In this case the belfry represents the head and brain and bats were chosen for alliterative purposes and because the creatures can be found there. (Sources: Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd Edition; Historical Dictionary of American Slang) 424212[/snapback] I think that you have been OD'ing on those Pfizer horse medicines agian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theesir Posted August 31, 2005 Share Posted August 31, 2005 The word belfry, believe it or not, originally had nothing to do with bells. Belfry is from the Old French berfroi, meaning a wooden siege tower. The word first appears in English c. 1300 as berfreyes. Over the years the meaning shifted from a siege tower to watch towers (which may or may not have had alarm bells), and then eventually to bell towers and church steeples. The spelling shift occurred by c. 1430 when the spelling belfreyes appeared. Eventually the new L spelling created an association with bells and the modern sense denoting a room in a tower where bells are hung dates to 1549. Spelling shifts between L and R, as in berfreyes/belfry, are common in many languages, including English. The L and R sounds are formed almost identically, by raising the tip of the tongue close to the alveolar ridge, which contains the teeth. When pronouncing L, the tongue makes and maintains contact with the ridge; when sounding R, it comes close but does not touch. It is very easy to sound L when you mean R, and vice versa. While we are on the subject of belfries, the phrase bats in the belfry is an Americanism dating to 1899. This phrase is the source of the sense of bats or batty meaning eccentric or insane, which both appear in the first decade of the 20th century. A belfry is a likely place to find bats and the phrase is simply a jocular expression similar to not playing with a full deck or his elevator does not run all the way to the top. In this case the belfry represents the head and brain and bats were chosen for alliterative purposes and because the creatures can be found there. (Sources: Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd Edition; Historical Dictionary of American Slang) 424212[/snapback] Thanks Cliff Claven! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuckincincy Posted August 31, 2005 Share Posted August 31, 2005 The word belfry, (Sources: Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd Edition; Historical Dictionary of American Slang) 424212[/snapback] Whatever you say, Nerlous Gry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dib Posted August 31, 2005 Share Posted August 31, 2005 What do you get when you cross Dracula with a Louisville slugger? A vampire bat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuckincincy Posted August 31, 2005 Share Posted August 31, 2005 What do you get when you cross Dracula with a Louisville slugger?A vampire bat. 424425[/snapback] You Ashhole. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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