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Blayne Bradley
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How much wood can a woodchuck chuck?
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Will B
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I will answer that if you tell me, how much ground round can a hound dog hog?
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A stand off! [Eek!] No-one answer either of their questions, please: I want to see what comes of this!
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Yes: they have arms.
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Teshi
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INterestingly enough, the word "woodchuck" is an anglicized adaption of the Cree word "wuchuk" or "otchock". People decided that "wu" was kind of close to "wood" and decided to change it.

So woodchucks actually chuck "wu" or "ot" and have nothing to do with wood at all.

Another early word was 'wejack', which just shows the European obsession with trying to adapt words.

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Tante Shvester
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quote:
Originally posted by Blayne Bradley:
How much wood can a woodchuck chuck?

Forty-two
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quote:
adaption of the Cree word "wuchuk" or "otchock"
Which makes us believe, of course, that the WUSHOCK is actually also derived from some obscure Cree word originally. [Wink]
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quote:
How much wood can a woodchuck chuck?
He would cut a quart of conifer if you gave him a quarter for every quarter of a quart he cut.
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If a groundhog is a wuchuk or a otchock not a woodchuck
And it grabs some logs and flings them with a mighty force of luck
And a hound dog hogs some ground round with a collar on its back
Then it's certain we are flirtin' with the crowd here at Hatrack!

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Some people have waaaaayyyy too much time on their hands. I can't believe I am wasting my time reading this, so I'm going to leave this thread!
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Blayne Bradley
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No you won't. Jedi Hand swoosh.
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well shucks!
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Shush up, would you people? Enough with the woodchucks!
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Blayne Bradley
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hey hey! We don't come into your threads and tell you what you can and cannot talk about neh?
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