Talk:paddle

Chambers 1908 has pattle as an alternative form. Not easy to find in Google Books. Equinox ◑ 13:11, 5 January 2018 (UTC)

Etymology

 * That is the most likely etymology. Andrew H. Gray 10:09, 12 January 2018 (UTC)Andrew (talk)

RFV discussion: January–March 2022
"A group of inerts." I don't even know what this means: conceivably chemistry? The phrase is barely found in a Google search; our entry ranks highly for it. Equinox ◑ 21:59, 16 January 2022 (UTC)


 * A IP added a sense "a group of interns" in 2008, then four minutes later changed it to "a group of inerts". Looks like vandalism; indeed, two days earlier the same IP seems to admit to being a vandal.
 * (As a tip, WikiBlame is the tool I used to find the diff where "inert" was added.) This, that and the other (talk) 09:47, 17 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete based on the evidence presented above. For what it’s worth, the OED does not list any such related sense. — SGconlaw (talk) 11:38, 17 January 2022 (UTC)

RFV-failed This, that and the other (talk) 01:30, 4 March 2022 (UTC)