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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Limits to contraction BranShea #211608 07/04/2013 9:12 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 In the USA the phrase pull yourself together means to control your emotions so you can function, so I can see where the juxtaposition of phrases within "...to pull itself together after nearly two years of contraction" might be considered funny. No? Oh well, I'll laugh anyway. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Limits to contraction wsieber 07/04/2013 2:30 PM Re: Limits to contraction BranShea 07/04/2013 2:38 PM Re: Limits to contraction jenny jenny 07/04/2013 9:12 PM Re: Limits to contraction Buffalo Shrdlu 07/05/2013 12:07 AM Re: Limits to contraction BranShea 07/05/2013 5:31 AM Re: Limits to contraction Bazr 06/26/2014 11:53 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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