Wordsmith Talk |
About Us | What's New | Search | Site Map | Contact Us | |||
Register Log In Wordsmith.org Forums General Topics Q&A about words done for
Previous Thread
Next Thread
Print Thread
In Mississippi we say "done for" when we mean "done for good".
Maybeso the unspoken "good" adds finality as does "done for sure".
And maybeso "done for God" was once a religious phrase used at funerals which later transmuted into "done for good". But "done for good" is semantically illogical so we say "done for" with the "good" serving as an unspoken intensifier of "done".
Or maybe not.
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted ![]()
done for
belMarduk 09/09/12 01:22 AM ![]()
Re: done for
Candy 09/09/12 11:06 AM ![]()
Re: done for
jenny jenny 09/09/12 03:48 PM ![]()
Re: done for
Tromboniator 09/09/12 10:42 PM
Moderated by Jackie
Link Copied to Clipboard
Forum Statistics Forums16Topics13,913Posts229,810Members9,187 Most Online3,341
Dec 9th, 2011
Newest Members Karin, JeffMackwood, artguitar, Jim_W, Rdbuffalo
9,187 Registered Users
Who's Online Now 0 members (), 373 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod
Top Posters(30 Days) A C Bowden 15
Top Posters wwh 13,858Faldage 13,803Jackie 11,613wofahulicodoc 10,852tsuwm 10,542LukeJavan8 9,944Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210AnnaStrophic 6,511Wordwind 6,296of troy 5,400
Forum Rules · Mark All Read Contact Us · Forum Help · Wordsmith.org