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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: The be- prefix: adding or subtracting? #53430 01/23/02 06:20 AM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,146 Northamptonshire, England Capital Kiwi Carpal Tunnel Capital Kiwi Carpal Tunnel Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,146 Northamptonshire, England If you take the "be-" prefix and expand it back to "being" which is where I think it came from, it should all "become" clear. "Beheaded" becomes "Being headed", "Because" becomes "being caused (by)", yadda, yadda. It's a verbal shorthand which has become part of the language. Or should I say "being come" part of the language? The idiot also known as Capfka ... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted The be- prefix: adding or subtracting? WhitmanO'Neill 01/22/02 04:58 AM Re: The be- prefix: adding or subtracting? Bingley 01/22/02 06:10 AM Re: The be- prefix: adding or subtracting? of troy 01/22/02 01:58 PM Re: The be- prefix: adding or subtracting? wwh 01/22/02 04:41 PM Re: The be- prefix: adding or subtracting? of troy 01/22/02 04:59 PM Re: The be- prefix: adding or subtracting? WhitmanO'Neill 01/23/02 03:43 AM Re: The be- prefix: adding or subtracting? Capital Kiwi 01/23/02 06:20 AM Re: The be- prefix: adding or subtracting? Fiberbabe 01/30/02 07:24 PM Re: The be- prefix: adding or subtracting? Faldage 01/30/02 07:36 PM Re: The be- prefix: adding or subtracting? WhitmanO'Neill 01/30/02 11:28 PM Re: The be- prefix: adding or subtracting? Keiva 01/31/02 09:46 PM Re: The be- prefix: adding or subtracting? Faldage 02/02/02 05:27 PM Re: The be- prefix: adding or subtracting? WhitmanO'Neill 02/02/02 07:42 PM Re: The be- prefix: adding or subtracting? Keiva 02/02/02 10:18 PM Re: Speaking for Keiva Faldage 02/03/02 02:50 AM Re: speaking facetiously Keiva 02/03/02 05:23 AM Re: speaking facetiously Faldage 02/03/02 12:52 PM Re: speaking facetiously Keiva 02/03/02 02:54 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 Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,333 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 0 members (), 740 guests, and 2 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 32 A C Bowden 17 ddrinnan 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,542 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,916 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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