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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: looking for a better word Faldage #179642 10/17/08 02:28 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Coffeebean!! Where have you BEEN?!?!? [rhetorical question, Sweet Thing] I have MISSED you, chickadee! But as for your ref., I've seen it as "then-husband"--though that still sounds awkward. I assume the print media do things like that to conserve on space. Would have been just as correct to leave out the then, IMHO. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted looking for a better word Coffeebean 10/16/08 09:00 PM Re: looking for a better word olly 10/16/08 11:10 PM Re: looking for a better word BranShea 10/17/08 10:00 PM Re: looking for a better word zmjezhd 10/17/08 10:49 PM Re: looking for a better word Faldage 10/18/08 12:47 AM Re: looking for a better word latishya 10/18/08 01:59 AM Re: looking for a better word zmjezhd 10/18/08 02:08 AM Re: looking for a better word belMarduk 10/19/08 02:02 AM Re: looking for a better word BranShea 10/18/08 02:47 PM Re: looking for a better word zmjezhd 10/18/08 03:19 PM Re: looking for a better word Faldage 10/16/08 11:25 PM Re: looking for a better word Jackie 10/17/08 02:28 AM Re: looking for a better word The Pook 10/17/08 11:09 AM Re: looking for a better word twosleepy 10/17/08 02:15 PM Re: looking for a better word Myridon 10/17/08 02:54 PM Re: looking for a better word twosleepy 10/17/08 05:44 PM Re: looking for a better word Myridon 10/17/08 06:28 PM Re: looking for a better word twosleepy 10/17/08 09:27 PM Well excuuuuuuse me... twosleepy 10/18/08 02:50 AM Re: Well excuuuuuuse me... Coffeebean 10/20/08 03:28 PM Re: Well excuuuuuuse me... Zed 10/21/08 07:13 AM Re: Well excuuuuuuse me... Faldage 10/21/08 10:11 AM Re: Well excuuuuuuse me... The Pook 10/21/08 10:47 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 Posts229,421 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 (), 762 guests, and 70 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 34 A C Bowden 23 LukeJavan8 3 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,592 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,922 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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