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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Can anyone offer/proffer me an answer? #17325 01/29/2001 4:09 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 maverick Carpal Tunnel maverick Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 This sounds right to me too, bridget96. But specifically doesn't proffer carry a sense of 'social diffidence' - an offer that is made out of politeness or some other such constraint? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Can anyone offer/proffer me an answer? Rapunzel 01/27/2001 9:45 PM Re: Can anyone offer/proffer me an answer? Anonymous 01/27/2001 10:54 PM Re: Can anyone offer/proffer me an answer? Rapunzel 01/28/2001 7:31 PM Re: Can anyone offer/proffer me an answer? maverick 01/29/2001 4:09 PM Re: Can anyone offer/proffer me an answer? Anonymous 01/29/2001 5:35 PM Re: Can anyone offer/proffer me an answer? RhubarbCommando 01/30/2001 9:54 AM Re: Can anyone offer/proffer me an answer? maverick 01/30/2001 12:30 PM Re: Can anyone offer/proffer me an answer? Capital Kiwi 01/31/2001 9:40 AM Re: Can anyone offer/proffer me an answer? Marianna 01/31/2001 10:21 AM Re: Can anyone offer/proffer me an answer? Max Quordlepleen 01/29/2001 6:11 PM Re: Can anyone offer/proffer me an answer? maverick 01/29/2001 6:41 PM Re: Can anyone offer/proffer me an answer? Max Quordlepleen 01/29/2001 7:50 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 Topics13,916 Posts230,361 Members9,209 Most Online7,006 Mar 7th, 2026 Newest Members Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd, Tony Hood, Wood Delivery 9,209 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 32 A C Bowden 12 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,195 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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