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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread shame less/ful #3646 06/28/2000 10:08 AM Joined: Jun 2000 Posts: 2 NJ, USA doug1296 stranger doug1296 stranger Joined: Jun 2000 Posts: 2 NJ, USA In practical usage (i.e., if using them in sentences), what is the difference between shameless and shameful? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: shame less/ful #3647 08/04/2000 9:11 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 19 Orange County Calif. patatty stranger patatty stranger Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 19 Orange County Calif. The difference is in the perspective. Given a dastardly act, the act itself may be shameful, (yes, and the perpetrator as well if there is a pattern of such acts), but only the perpetrator, not the act, may be shameless, i.e., unrepentant. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: shame less/ful #3648 06/08/2002 2:59 AM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 2,605 Keiva Carpal Tunnel Keiva Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 2,605 Ah, it's nice to see such an old thread. It greatly predates me, and I'd not been aware of it before. To whomever brought it up, thank you. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: shame less/ful #3649 06/08/2002 3:25 AM Joined: May 2002 Posts: 33 arosebyanyname newbie arosebyanyname newbie Joined: May 2002 Posts: 33 But of course it was aimed at you. Everything on the board is aimed at you. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: shame less/ful #3650 06/08/2002 3:49 AM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 819 Portland,Oregon, USA Geoff old hand Geoff old hand Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 819 Portland,Oregon, USA But of course it was aimed at you. Everything on the board is aimed at you. Is this AWADtalk or the NRA website? I thought target practice took place elsewhere! Shameless Geoff, shooting his mouth off Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter 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 Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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