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Posted: 01 May 2008 03:54 AM

[ Ignore ]

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ORIGIN OF

1) thresh hold
2) raining cats and dogs

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Posted: 01 May 2008 05:42 AM

[ Ignore ] [ # 1 ]

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Are you asking for the origin of these terms?

They are both dealt with on the main wordorigins.org site.

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Posted: 01 May 2008 04:31 PM

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The connection of these things to “grandpa” is not clear to me.

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Posted: 02 May 2008 06:03 AM

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Perhaps the “New topic” page could have a prominent notice about making sure the title of the post is the word or phrase being asked about.

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