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Topic Options #78873 - 08/23/02 02:53 PM the "be" prefix Winthrop stranger Registered: 08/23/02 Posts: 1 A friend related that she had instructed her young son to "behave." Irritated, he replied, "I am have." Top #78874 - 08/23/02 03:13 PM Re: the "be" prefix wwh Carpal Tunnel Registered: 01/18/01 Posts: 13858 Dear Winthrop: My compliments to the young man. I'd be interested to know how his mother extricated herself from her predicament. Top #78875 - 08/24/02 10:29 AM Re: the "be" prefix WhitmanO'Neill Carpal Tunnel Registered: 03/13/01 Posts: 4189 Loc: Rio Grande, Cape May County, N... I'd be interested to know how his mother extricated herself from her predicament. Well, you won't be having like that around me, anymore, young man!....? Top #78876 - 08/24/02 12:20 PM Re: the "be" prefix AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Registered: 03/15/00 Posts: 6489 Loc: lower upstate New York This, of course, is nonsense. Kids learn first by hearing, then by reading. On second thought: How did the kid pronounce "have"? Top #78877 - 08/24/02 02:05 PM Re: To be or not to be--that is the question. Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Registered: 09/30/01 Posts: 6296 Loc: Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Hmmmmm.... We've got -havior, -hemoth, -lated, -loved, -holden, -smirched.... Between you and me, be seems to be something to be rather than not to be. Top Previous Topic Index Next Topic Preview Hop to: General Topics ------   Information and announcements   Q&A about words   Wordplay and fun   Words and languages in schools   Miscellany   Weekly Themes   Looking for (writers, speakers, ...) (Old) Weekly themes. (have been consolidated into a single forum above) ------   Words from medicine   Beheading words   Meta-words   Words from classical mythology   Animal Safari   Words with unusual etymologies   Eponyms or words derived from people's names.   Loanwords from German   English as a global language Print Topic Switch to Threaded Mode View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts Forum Stats 7256 Members 16 Forums 12812 Topics 189748 Posts Max Online: 853 @ 10/23/07 11:39 AM Who's Online 0 registered (), 23 Guests and 30 Spiders online. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Newest Members Alan, jincy crow, aml, Goodspeaker, W1343 7256 Registered Users Top Posters wwh 13858 Faldage 12533 Jackie 10392 tsuwm 9577 Buffalo Shrdlu 6690 AnnaStrophic 6489 Wordwind 6296 of troy 5400 maverick 4683 WhitmanO'Neill 4189 March Su M Tu W Th F Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

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