I didn’t know this until Ruthie prompted me to look it up just now, but “keet” is a word. It means a young guinea fowl. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/keet
I also looked up the actual etymology of parakeet while I was at it, but I leave it for people to look that one up for themselves if interested.
Argythree almost 7 years ago
That’s very good, Ruthie…
Kaputnik almost 7 years ago
I didn’t know this until Ruthie prompted me to look it up just now, but “keet” is a word. It means a young guinea fowl. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/keet
I also looked up the actual etymology of parakeet while I was at it, but I leave it for people to look that one up for themselves if interested.
GROG Premium Member almost 7 years ago
And a paramedic isn’t a real medic and a paragraph isn’t a real graph.
DanielJ.Drazen almost 7 years ago
And you can’t buy anything with a paradigm. Or a real dime for that matter.
DanielJ.Drazen almost 7 years ago
And you can’t buy anything with a paradigm. Or a real dime for that matter.
skyriderwest almost 7 years ago
My brother is a psychiatrist, and he married a general physician. They’re a paradox.
Bob. almost 7 years ago
But a parachute is a real chute.
Herb L 1954 almost 7 years ago
Pair of dice?
kab buch almost 7 years ago
Ruthie, you always have a way with words.
Last Rose Of Summer Premium Member almost 7 years ago
……….and paraffin isn’t really from Finland either.
Hank Gillette Premium Member almost 7 years ago
As Allan Sherman once said, “A parallelogram is just a crazy square.”
And everyone says, “Who is Allan Sherman?”.