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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Use / Utilize #19552 02/18/2001 10:58 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,891 belMarduk Carpal Tunnel belMarduk Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,891 Just throwing this out there, haven`t looked it up so nobody grumble at me if I am wrong. It might stem from the French. We say something is utile to say it is useful. We also only use the verb utilise (in all its myriad tenses that we have to remember from birth). Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Use / Utilize Father Steve 02/18/2001 7:43 PM Re: Use / Utilize wow 02/18/2001 8:07 PM Re: Use / Utilize belMarduk 02/18/2001 10:58 PM Re: Use / Utilize wwh 02/18/2001 11:30 PM Re: Use / Utilize wwh 02/19/2001 3:13 AM Re: Use / Utilize Marianna 02/19/2001 11:50 PM Re: Use / Utilize wwh 02/20/2001 12:57 AM Re: Use / Utilize spelchkr 02/20/2001 12:12 PM Re: Use / Utilize jmh 02/20/2001 1:17 PM Re: Use / Utilize wow 02/20/2001 10:29 PM Re: Use / Utilize Marty 02/20/2001 9:29 PM Re: Use / Utilize wsieber 02/20/2001 7:30 AM Re: Use / Utilize NicholasW 02/20/2001 8:11 AM Re: commence Bingley 02/20/2001 12:11 PM Re: commence spelchkr 02/20/2001 12:20 PM Moderated by  Jackie  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... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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