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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread this question begs asking #176751 05/09/2008 3:20 AM 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 so, to beg the question is, likely, to corrupt an old phrase. but tonight I heard a sports guy say, "the question.. begs asking" (2100 ghits). is this an improvement, linguistically speaking? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted this question begs asking tsuwm 05/09/2008 3:20 AM Re: this question begs asking Faldage 05/09/2008 10:34 AM Re: this question begs asking Buffalo Shrdlu 05/09/2008 12:11 PM Re: this question begs asking dalehileman 05/09/2008 3:04 PM Re: this question begs asking The Pook 05/10/2008 2:41 AM Re: this question begs asking morphememedley 05/10/2008 5:11 AM Re: this question begs asking The Pook 05/10/2008 11:50 AM Re: this question begs asking morphememedley 05/10/2008 4:13 PM Re: this question begs asking Faldage 05/10/2008 9:58 PM Re: this question begs asking morphememedley 05/11/2008 1:03 AM Re: this question begs asking Jackie 05/11/2008 1:35 AM 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 Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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