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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Double but no Single entendre? #37038 07/30/2001 12:29 AM Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 4,189 Rio Grande, Cape May County, N... WhitmanO'Neill Carpal Tunnel WhitmanO'Neill Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 4,189 Rio Grande, Cape May County, N... While checking spelling I came across something I either never noticed before or have long forgotten. The phrase double entendre is in the English dictionary but not the word entendre alone. Is it incorrect then to use entendre in English without the qualifier double? I hereby, and humbly, submit this for the "tsuwm treatment"! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Double but no Single entendre? WhitmanO'Neill 07/30/2001 12:29 AM Re: Double but no Single entendre? wwh 07/30/2001 12:52 AM Re: Double but no Single entendre? Jackie 07/30/2001 2:39 AM Re: Double but no Single entendre? Bingley 07/30/2001 4:55 AM Re: Double but no Single entendre? inselpeter 07/30/2001 3:49 AM Re: Double but no Single entendre? rodward 07/30/2001 11:33 AM Re: double entendres Anonymous 07/31/2001 10:59 PM Re: double entendres AnnaStrophic 07/31/2001 11:09 PM Re: double entendres rodward 08/01/2001 7:03 AM Re: double entendres AnnaStrophic 08/01/2001 9:33 AM Re: double entendres rodward 08/01/2001 10:58 AM Re: double entendres maverick 08/01/2001 11:12 AM Re: double entendres belMarduk 08/02/2001 8:14 PM Re: double entendres Jackie 08/02/2001 8:28 PM Re: CV vs résumé AnnaStrophic 08/02/2001 8:55 PM Re: CV vs résumé Brandon 08/02/2001 9:06 PM Max Quordlepleen 08/02/2001 9:15 PM Re: double entendres Bean 08/03/2001 10:52 AM Re: double entendres Bingley 08/01/2001 6:42 AM Re: double entendres of troy 08/01/2001 12:03 PM Re: Another Chance for Grice Brandon 08/01/2001 2:21 PM Re: Another Chance for Grice wwh 08/01/2001 2:37 PM Re: Another Chance for Grice of troy 08/01/2001 3:34 PM Re: Another Chance for Grice wwh 08/01/2001 4:46 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 Posts230,376 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 36 A C Bowden 15 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,204 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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