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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: RE: Back-formations zmjezhd #190759 04/27/10 12:22 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Originally Posted By: zmjezhd it's not back-formed from postpone? I see on the other words board ..., Faldo has asked after prepone. And it looks like I've gotten an answer. The estimable languagehat has proclaimed it to be from Indian English. It was seen earlier in American English but the source of the modern usage is Indian English. And if languagehat says it, I'm prepared (or even postpared) to believe it. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted RE: Back-formations RGanesh 04/26/10 04:46 AM Re: RE: Back-formations Faldage 04/26/10 10:46 AM Re: RE: Back-formations zmjezhd 04/26/10 12:54 PM Re: RE: Back-formations Buffalo Shrdlu 04/26/10 06:59 PM Re: RE: Back-formations zmjezhd 04/26/10 08:21 PM Re: RE: Back-formations olly 04/26/10 09:40 PM Re: RE: Back-formations Faldage 04/27/10 12:22 AM Re: RE: Back-formations beck123 04/27/10 12:38 AM Re: RE: Back-formations Buffalo Shrdlu 04/27/10 02:03 PM Re: RE: Back-formations Sandman 04/27/10 05:50 AM Re: RE: Back-formations zmjezhd 04/27/10 11:35 AM Re: RE: Back-formations Stevo 04/27/10 11:34 AM Re: RE: Back-formations Mike Vargo 04/29/10 01:02 PM Re: RE: Back-formations goofy 04/29/10 02:02 PM Re: RE: Back-formations kah454 04/30/10 08:47 PM Re: RE: Back-formations wockstar 04/27/10 10:07 PM Re: RE: Back-formations sentra 04/28/10 08:32 AM Re: RE: Back-formations zmjezhd 04/28/10 01:15 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 Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,810 Members9,187 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Karin, JeffMackwood, artguitar, Jim_W, Rdbuffalo 9,187 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 458 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 30 A C Bowden 15 LukeJavan8 5 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,852 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,944 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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