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Daily (Intermittent) Open-Ended Puzzle: Stub

Posted on June 30th, 2008

Do barefoot cultures have a word for stubbing their toes?

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7 Responses to “Daily (Intermittent) Open-Ended Puzzle: Stub”

  1. Dan, on June 30th, 2008 at 7:54 am Said:

    Flubbing.

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  3. Crosbie Fitch, on June 30th, 2008 at 10:24 am Said:

    I would have thought they’d be the ones wondering if we steel-toe-capped shoe wearing folk also had a dozen related words that described the various ways in which toes could be hurt by unwanted terrestrial encounters.

    “What? You only have one word? ‘Stub’? Sheesh. That’s sad.”

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  5. davidw, on June 30th, 2008 at 10:53 am Said:

    Nice point, Crosbie.

    I think our word for stubbing our toe is actually “Ow!”

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  7. Andy Weinberger (yes I am related), on June 30th, 2008 at 10:56 am Said:

    Actually, all cultures do have such a word, and strangely enough it is the SAME word in all cultures –WDWISTPOT.

    Loosely translated, it means Why Don’t We Invent Something To Protect Our Toes

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  9. Jon Husband, on July 10th, 2008 at 12:31 pm Said:

    … as you noted, “ouch”. I suspect that there’s a similar word in all different cultures’ languages.

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  11. Miley-Cyrus-Fan, on August 1st, 2008 at 12:41 pm Said:

    hmm.. thank you very much. usefull information

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  13. Janet21, on August 3rd, 2008 at 3:29 pm Said:

    Super. It took almost a day to find this info. Thanks! Good job. :)

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