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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread What happened to "from"? #148215 09/23/2005 6:41 PM Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 36 Kupatchka newbie Kupatchka newbie Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 36 Lately I read and hear "...graduated college". Does that grate on anyone elses ears? Or is that considered correct? And by whom? Also, I thought that "short (or long)-lived" was pronounced with a long, not short "i", but seldom hear it pronounced that way. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: What happened to "from"? #148216 09/23/2005 6:45 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 join the club, Kupat. http://wordsmith.org/board/showflat.pl?Cat=&Board=announcements&Number=151292 Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: What happened to "from"? #148217 09/23/2005 7:29 PM 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 Welcome back, Patchy ~ Long time, no hear. Father Steve Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: What happened to "from"? #148218 09/23/2005 9:01 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Also, I thought that "short (or long)-lived" was pronounced with a long, not short "i" Wull, y'know it'd help if there was a verb "live" pronounced with a long i. Might give us something to hang your "long-lived" with a long i on. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: What happened to "from"? #148219 09/23/2005 10:15 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 or, alTERnately, we could hang our fedora on those descrip guys at W3,MWC,AHD: lôngl[longi]vd, -l[shorti]vd (preference implied) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: What happened to "from"? #148220 09/24/2005 7:01 AM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 427 Spain Marianna addict Marianna addict Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 427 Spain Clearly, /long-li:vd/ (approx), as in "My bonsai is getting really long-leaved... this can't be a good thing." 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 Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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