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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: changing phrases goofy #199443 04/26/2011 8:41 PM Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 2 suz stranger suz stranger Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 2 I haven't been around QUITE that long, but the first time I remember reading it as "safety" instead of "safe" wasn't until some time in the 50s or 60s. I thought at the time that someone had misheard the phrase & so misspelled it. Where did you get the citation from the 1800s? Perhaps the difference could be regional?? Suz Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted changing phrases suz 04/26/2011 4:10 PM Re: changing phrases LukeJavan8 04/26/2011 5:49 PM Re: changing phrases goofy 04/26/2011 6:41 PM Re: changing phrases suz 04/26/2011 8:41 PM Re: changing phrases goofy 04/26/2011 11:10 PM Re: changing phrases tsuwm 04/26/2011 11:32 PM Re: changing phrases Jackie 04/27/2011 2:32 AM Re: changing phrases Tromboniator 04/30/2011 5:50 AM Re: changing phrases Buffalo Shrdlu 04/30/2011 12:30 PM Re: changing phrases Candy 04/30/2011 12:41 PM Re: changing phrases LukeJavan8 04/30/2011 2:59 PM Re: changing phrases Tromboniator 04/30/2011 8:02 PM Re: changing phrases BranShea 04/30/2011 8:58 PM Re: changing phrases LukeJavan8 05/01/2011 12:10 AM Re: changing phrases Tromboniator 05/01/2011 3:15 AM Re: changing phrases LukeJavan8 05/01/2011 2:53 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 Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,383 Members9,211 Most Online7,006 Mar 7th, 2026 Newest Members Boo boo kitty fu, peterreineck, Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd 9,211 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 35 A C Bowden 17 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,208 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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