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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Conversely #13325 12/19/2000 12:37 AM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,788 Seattle, Washington, USA Father Steve Carpal Tunnel Father Steve Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,788 Seattle, Washington, USA How come Romance languages use the word "make" for such things as the temperature of the air, as it "It makes cold." It might as well "pay" cold as "make" cold. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Pay attention alexmarx 12/18/2000 11:29 PM Conversely Father Steve 12/19/2000 12:37 AM Re: Pay attention Capital Kiwi 12/19/2000 2:46 AM Re: Pay attention tsuwm 12/19/2000 4:45 AM Re: Pay attention stales 12/19/2000 4:55 AM Re: Pay attention tsuwm 12/19/2000 5:13 AM Re: Pay attention Jackie 12/19/2000 12:31 PM Re: Pay attention alexmarx 12/19/2000 10:30 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

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