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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: All pent out of shape #156397 03/02/06 05:35 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 This is a great question without a great answer. Some authorities hold that repent derives from the Latin paene or the Greek poenere and has something therefor to do with pain and suffering. Some hold that it derives from the ME repenten, from the OF repentir, from the Latin pentire, and means to be sorry. Whatever its etymology, we got a big dose of it in the liturgy for Ash Wednesday tonight! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted All pent out of shape Jackie 03/02/06 02:00 AM Re: All pent out of shape Alex Williams 03/02/06 02:13 AM Re: All pent out of shape Elizabeth Creith 03/02/06 03:10 AM Re: All pent out of shape Father Steve 03/02/06 05:35 AM Re: All pent out of shape maverick 03/02/06 11:42 AM Re: re- Faldage 03/02/06 11:55 AM Repents TEd Remington 03/02/06 12:21 PM Re: Repents Owlbow 03/02/06 06:19 PM Re: All pent out of shape WhitmanO'Neill 03/03/06 03:35 PM Re: All pent out of shape Father Steve 03/03/06 08:47 PM Pondering TEd Remington 03/03/06 09:11 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 Topics13,915 Posts229,995 Members9,198 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members testawad, Bill_L, achz, MAGNVSTALSMA, Burlyfish 9,198 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 1,044 guests, and 2 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 27 A C Bowden 15 LukeJavan8 6 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,957 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,956 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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