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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: new innovations #126186 03/29/2004 12:38 PM Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 California jheem veteran jheem veteran Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 California Yup. As much as I love etymologies and word histories, and in spite of the fact that etumon means 'true sense of a word according to its origin', I'd have to agree with you Faldo. Otherwise, one would have to say silly when one meant 'blessed' and blessed when one meant 'consecrated or sprinkled with blood'. OTOH, pleonasm is a great word! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted rant wsieber 03/26/2004 8:35 AM Re: rant Jackie 03/26/2004 12:23 PM Re: rant wwh 03/26/2004 2:35 PM Re: rant Faldage 03/26/2004 2:39 PM Re: rant jheem 03/26/2004 2:45 PM do they stop being innovations TEd Remington 03/26/2004 2:48 PM When do they start being innovations? musick 03/26/2004 5:58 PM Re: When do they start being innovations? inselpeter 03/26/2004 7:07 PM Re: When do they start being innovations? musick 03/27/2004 12:37 AM Re: When do they start being innovations? grapho 03/26/2004 7:24 PM Re: When do they start being innovations? Capfka 03/26/2004 10:39 PM Re: When do they start being innovations? belMarduk 03/26/2004 10:42 PM Re: Ford's line jheem 03/27/2004 12:50 AM Same Old line musick 03/27/2004 1:09 AM Re: rant grapho 03/26/2004 4:28 PM Re: rant wsieber 03/29/2004 6:24 AM Re: new innovations Faldage 03/29/2004 11:40 AM Re: new innovations jheem 03/29/2004 12:38 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 Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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