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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Ahh... but #14344 01/04/01 03:03 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,004 London, UK shanks old hand shanks old hand Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,004 London, UK Bella donna says: I finally understood what Begs the question means. It took a whole thread and a message from tsuwm (merci) to finally get it...and they are saying it should be erased...no way, nope, un un! Sentiments with which I agree completely - except I would like to see the phrase used only in its technically correct sense. I suspect that as merely a different way of saying 'invites the question' it is pretty irritating. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Banished Words Jazzoctopus 01/01/01 05:34 PM Re: splitting the thread wow 01/01/01 07:34 PM Re: splitting the thread tsuwm 01/01/01 08:12 PM Re: splitting the thread belMarduk 01/01/01 10:29 PM Ahh... but shanks 01/04/01 03:03 PM Re: splitting the thread wow 01/02/01 02:49 AM Re: Banished Words Bobyoungbalt 01/02/01 07:50 PM Re: Banished Words Capital Kiwi 01/02/01 11:41 PM Re: Banished Words belMarduk 01/03/01 02:25 AM 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 Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,350 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 1 members (wofahulicodoc), 932 guests, and 0 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 29 A C Bowden 22 LukeJavan8 2 ddrinnan 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,549 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,918 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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