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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Past Tense of Text (as in text messaging The Pook #181167 12/24/08 01:54 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 OED has it as a noun from Chaucer in 1369. It's from the Latin verb, texere but came through the past participle textus, used as a noun; as far as English is concerned the second t has been there from the beginning. The 1599 citation seems to be a late 16th century verbing of the noun. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Past Tense of Text (as in text messaging SweetLoretta 12/19/08 04:06 PM Re: Past Tense of Text (as in text messaging zmjezhd 12/19/08 05:14 PM Re: Past Tense of Text (as in text messaging SweetLoretta 12/19/08 05:38 PM Re: Past Tense of Text zmjezhd 12/19/08 06:13 PM Re: Past Tense of Text (as in text messaging LukeJavan8 12/19/08 06:15 PM Re: Past Tense of Text (as in text messaging Buffalo Shrdlu 12/19/08 06:27 PM Re: Past Tense of Text (as in text messaging LukeJavan8 12/19/08 06:51 PM Re: Past Tense of Text (as in text messaging SweetLoretta 12/19/08 06:56 PM Re: Past Tense of Text (as in text messaging tsuwm 12/19/08 07:10 PM Re: membrance of tense parsed Buffalo Shrdlu 12/22/08 02:44 PM Re: membrance of tense parsed LukeJavan8 12/22/08 04:18 PM Re: Past Tense of Text (as in text messaging Faldage 12/19/08 07:06 PM Re: Past Tense of Text (as in text messaging zmjezhd 12/19/08 07:24 PM Re: Past Tense of Text (as in text messaging tsuwm 12/19/08 08:00 PM Re: membrance of tense parsed zmjezhd 12/19/08 08:31 PM Re: Past Tense of Text (as in text messaging goofy 12/23/08 02:38 AM Re: Past Tense of Text (as in text messaging Faldage 12/23/08 11:30 AM Re: Past Tense of Text (as in text messaging Buffalo Shrdlu 12/23/08 01:39 PM Re: Past Tense of Text (as in text messaging Faldage 12/24/08 12:24 AM Re: Past Tense of Text (as in text messaging The Pook 12/24/08 01:25 AM Re: Past Tense of Text (as in text messaging Faldage 12/24/08 01:54 AM Re: Past Tense of Text (as in text messaging Zed 12/24/08 07:05 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 Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,437 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 1 members (A C Bowden), 376 guests, and 5 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 29 A C Bowden 15 LukeJavan8 2 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,603 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,922 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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