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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread caitiff #197151 02/08/2011 3:03 PM Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 3 timbabwe stranger timbabwe stranger Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 3 Walker Percy, in The Last Gentleman, cited the expression "Go to, caitiff!" as campus slang at Princeton University, current in the 1930's but obsolete by 1966, when the book was written. -- I am pedantically obligated to state that there is no apostrophe in Finnegans Wake, by Jame's Joyce, author of Dubliner's and Ulysse's. ---Tim Szeliga Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: caitiff timbabwe #197165 02/08/2011 4:20 PM Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,971 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,971 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water Welcome timbabwe and welcome back. Can't help but notice the similarity of your name to the southern African country. Last edited by LukeJavan8; 02/08/2011 4:21 PM. ----please, draw me a sheep---- Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: caitiff timbabwe #197174 02/08/2011 9:32 PM Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague BranShea Carpal Tunnel BranShea Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague Originally Posted By: timbabwe -- I am pedantically obligated to state that there is no apostrophe in Finnegans Wake, by Jame's Joyce, author of Dubliner's and Ulysse's. ---Tim Szeliga You're home. This is pedant's or if you wish pedants paradise. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: caitiff BranShea #197175 02/08/2011 9:40 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass >pedants paradise hey! I resemble that remark! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: caitiff tsuwm #197180 02/09/2011 1:42 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Two exclamation points?! Welcome, Tim--cute comment! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: caitiff tsuwm #197190 02/09/2011 10:42 AM Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague BranShea Carpal Tunnel BranShea Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague How poor would language be without playfulness and pedantry. (uninteded rhyming) pedant: a.o. obsolete : a male schoolteacher Last edited by BranShea; 02/09/2011 10:44 AM. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: caitiff BranShea #197200 02/09/2011 3:56 PM Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,971 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,971 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water I guess this makes me obsolete: oh my! ----please, draw me a sheep---- Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter 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 Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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