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#2510 - 05/17/00 02:44 PM Repoire?
Procrastinatrix stranger Registered: 04/07/00 Posts: 4	I have recently encountered the word "repoire" but have been unable to find it in several different dictionaries. However, a quick web search reveals that it is frequently used. I suspect that it is a misspelling of "rapport," and if not, it must be a synonym. Can anyone shed any light on repoire or its etymology?
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#2511 - 05/18/00 07:54 AM Re: Repoire?
paulb addict Registered: 03/17/00 Posts: 460 Loc: Hobart, Tasmania, Australia	Hi Procrastinatrix: I can't find 'repoire' in Shorter Oxford; perhaps others may have come across it elsewhere. How long did it take before you posted this? (Sorry, I couldn't resist that -- but if the cap (or handle) fits, you might have to wear it occasionally). cheers paulb
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#2512 - 05/18/00 08:00 AM Re: Repoire?
Jackie Carpal Tunnel Registered: 03/15/00 Posts: 11578 Loc: Louisville, Kentucky	Looks like a haplology of repertoire, to me. Does this fit the context at all?
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#2513 - 05/18/00 02:31 PM Re: Repoire?
Procrastinatrix stranger Registered: 04/07/00 Posts: 4	I don't think it's related to repertoire. Here's where I first saw it: "Incan diviners and augurs also had no previous clue to the impending invasion, despite their repoire with the spirit world." http://www.reall.org/newsletter/v07/n11/index.html And here are the top hits from a Google search for "repoire": "...quickly make new friends and develop a repoire with their teachers..." http://www.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/1996/4/96.04.10.x.html "We had so many pleasant sensations between us, a fine repoire, yet I felt a bit crazed unknowing whether or not if this repoire is real, or a phantom of what I want to be real." http://www.nwlink.com/~phoenix/op11.htm "I decided we had enough of a repoire to give out my phone number..." http://www.1st-family.com/finance/articles/mortgages/mortgage.story.html "You feel a bondedness to them, a connectedness, you feel a sense of repoire." http://personalwebs.myriad.net/Roland/docs/lect2.htm Something of a mixed bag, as you can see, but it seems clear that the sense is the same as "rapport." Possibly useful sidenote: I didn't get any hits for "repiore." Another interesting side note: repoire is number 41 the "Top 1000 Not Found" list at http://www.dict.org, with the same number of attempted searches as "recieve." And, paulb, I rushed right over to post this after trying to find "repoire" in many online dictionaries and doing several extensive web searches. I'm supposed to be revising a paper, you see. . .
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#2514 - 05/18/00 02:42 PM Re: Repoire?
David108 member Registered: 05/09/00 Posts: 112 Loc: Auckland, New Zealand	Substitute "rapport" (relation marked by harmony, conformity, accord, or affinity - Merriam-Webster) in each case, and I think you might have your answer.
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#2515 - 05/18/00 02:45 PM Re: Repoire?
jmh Pooh-Bah Registered: 03/22/00 Posts: 1981	As recieve is a mis-spelling, its either a mis-spelling of rapport (as you say it works for all the examples) or a foreign word (French?).
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#2516 - 05/18/00 02:46 PM Re: Repoire?
tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Registered: 04/03/00 Posts: 10463 Loc: this too shall pass	yes, this just shows how the average literacy rate of kids is sinking today... <g> http://members.aol.com/tsuwm
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