rando
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quiver?
this might be a dumb question but why do we call a collection of kites a "quiver?"
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kitejumper
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because when u fly them u "quiver" all over:P
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action jackson
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I think it is a windsufer term for their sails............aj
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bigkahuna
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Actually, it's an archery term, ie. an archer has a "quiver" of arrows. Several other sports have adopted the term and kitesurfing is one of those
sports.
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rando
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gotcha
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kitejumper
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i knew it was an archery term--i was just messin w ya
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rando
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"because when u fly them u "quiver" all over:P"
the best response by far, lol!
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3. A collection or store; arsenal: a quiver of ready responses.
[Middle English, from Anglo-Norman quiveir, variant of Old French cuivre, from Old Low Franconian cocar, probably from Medieval Latin cucurum,
probably from Hunnish; akin to Mongolian kökür.]
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Jolt
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So we've got an arsenal of kites eh?
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