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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 1 of 4 1 2 3 4 Ouch! #129270 06/14/04 08:55 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic OP Carpal Tunnel OP AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York "Things either progress or retrogress."* -- Peter Ueberroth, (re)new(ed) chairman of the U.S. Olympic Committee. ~~~ * from memory, having heard him say something similar to this on NPR this evening. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Ouch! #129271 06/15/04 05:26 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,027 Switzerland wsieber old hand wsieber old hand Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,027 Switzerland Since the name Peter Ueberroth sounds somehow Swiss, I looked up the word: retrogress was already in Webster's of 1913 and got 2600 Google hits.. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Ouch! #129272 06/15/04 09:46 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Retrogress, as a verb, dates back at least to 1819, per OED. The definition is a simple to move backwards, to go back. Regress (dating from 1552) is defined as to recede from; to return to a subject or into a former state and is listed as obsolete. The definition to move in a backward direction is given as chiefly Astron. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Ouch! #129273 06/15/04 10:45 AM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont this way to the Great Egress... formerly known as etaoin... 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Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Ogress #129277 06/16/04 12:30 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,027 Switzerland wsieber old hand wsieber old hand Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,027 Switzerland A roundel sable...??? ok, you have me stumped for good Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Ouch! #129278 06/16/04 02:51 PM Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park of troy Carpal Tunnel of troy Carpal Tunnel Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park Things either progress or retrogress why can't we let them continue unchanged? ok maybe they stagnate and that could be called retrogression.. or maybe we just keep making improvements to keep up with the status quo. my other obsession Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Ogress #129279 06/16/04 06:30 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,004 London, UK shanks old hand shanks old hand Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,004 London, UK Heraldic term, matey. Our Faldage is well up on those ones. Look at various shields until you see a roundel in the colour sable (technical heraldic colour, can't remember if it's anything other than black...) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 1 of 4 1 2 3 4 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. 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