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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Repoire? #2510 05/17/2000 6:44 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 4 Procrastinatrix stranger Procrastinatrix stranger Joined: Apr 2000 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? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: Repoire? #2511 05/18/2000 11:54 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 460 Hobart, Tasmania, Australia paulb addict paulb addict Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 460 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 Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: Repoire? #2512 05/18/2000 12:00 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Looks like a haplology of repertoire, to me. Does this fit the context at all? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: Repoire? #2513 05/18/2000 6:31 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 4 Procrastinatrix stranger Procrastinatrix stranger Joined: Apr 2000 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. . . Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: Repoire? #2514 05/18/2000 6:42 PM Joined: May 2000 Posts: 112 Auckland, New Zealand David108 member David108 member Joined: May 2000 Posts: 112 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. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: Repoire? #2515 05/18/2000 6:45 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,981 jmh Pooh-Bah jmh Pooh-Bah Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,981 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?). Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: Repoire? #2516 05/18/2000 6:46 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass yes, this just shows how the average literacy rate of kids is sinking today... <g> http://members.aol.com/tsuwm Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit 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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