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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: nerve-racking? nerve-wracking? #18339 02/06/2001 3:12 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 "My own King Charles's head is the use of ‘nerve-wracking’ for ‘nerve-racking’.", the sense is that the use of nerve-wracking is a distraction not unlike a 'pet peeve'? Does this mean I don't have to say that the phrase pet peeve is one of my pet peeves? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted nerve-racking? nerve-wracking? Marianna 02/05/2001 12:11 AM Re: nerve-racking? nerve-wracking? tsuwm 02/05/2001 4:06 AM Re: nerve-racking? nerve-wracking? Capital Kiwi 02/05/2001 4:25 AM Re: nerve-racking? nerve-wracking? tsuwm 02/05/2001 4:38 AM Re: nerve-racking? nerve-wracking? Bingley 02/06/2001 3:36 AM Re: nerve-racking? nerve-wracking? tsuwm 02/06/2001 2:59 PM Re: nerve-racking? nerve-wracking? Faldage 02/06/2001 3:12 PM Re: nerve-racking? nerve-wracking? stales 02/07/2001 11:22 PM Re: nerve-racking? nerve-wracking? RhubarbCommando 02/08/2001 12:28 PM Re: nerve-racking? nerve-wracking? Sparteye 02/08/2001 6:57 PM Re: nerve-racking? nerve-wracking? Flatlander 02/05/2001 7:28 PM Re: nerve-racking? nerve-wracking? belMarduk 02/05/2001 10:50 PM Re: nerve-racking? nerve-wracking? Jackie 02/05/2001 11:26 PM Re: nerve-racking? nerve-wracking? NicholasW 02/06/2001 10:41 AM Re: nerve-racking? nerve-wracking? maverick 02/06/2001 1:06 PM Re: nerve-racking? nerve-wracking? Marty 02/06/2001 8:42 PM Re: Charlies jmh 02/07/2001 11:10 AM Re: Charlies Rapunzel 02/07/2001 9:28 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 Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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