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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: suffrage LukeJavan8 #191985 07/20/2010 4:34 PM Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,554 Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi jenny jenny veteran jenny jenny veteran Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,554 Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi I too liked the Emerson quote; it sounds like Ayn Rand. During Emerson's time "suffrage" also meant "approval" or "being on the side of". At least that was another use of the word in the 19th Century. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted suffrage Nicole 07/20/2010 2:14 PM Re: suffrage zmjezhd 07/20/2010 2:42 PM Re: suffrage BranShea 07/20/2010 3:59 PM Re: suffrage LukeJavan8 07/20/2010 4:06 PM Re: suffrage jenny jenny 07/20/2010 4:34 PM Re: suffrage Nicole 07/21/2010 1:42 PM Re: suffrage zmjezhd 07/21/2010 1:45 PM Re: suffrage tsuwm 07/21/2010 10:40 PM Re: suffrage Jackie 07/22/2010 3:04 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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