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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Conversely #13325 12/19/00 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 12/18/00 11:29 PM Conversely Father Steve 12/19/00 12:37 AM Re: Pay attention Capital Kiwi 12/19/00 02:46 AM Re: Pay attention tsuwm 12/19/00 04:45 AM Re: Pay attention stales 12/19/00 04:55 AM Re: Pay attention tsuwm 12/19/00 05:13 AM Re: Pay attention Jackie 12/19/00 12:31 PM Re: Pay attention alexmarx 12/19/00 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 Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,440 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 (), 616 guests, and 3 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 25 A C Bowden 11 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,606 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,922 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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