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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Is it "beck and call" or "beckon call" ? #5273 08/16/2000 4:13 PM Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC It is "beck and call." Beck is a gesture of beckoning or summons. I've always interpreted this in my mind as a hand gesture accompanied by words of command, wish, or summons, but it is in reality an ironical redundancy. TEd Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Is it "beck and call" or "beckon call" ? jdholloway 08/16/2000 1:17 PM Re: Is it "beck and call" or "beckon call" ? TEd Remington 08/16/2000 4:13 PM Re: Is it "beck and call" or "beckon call" ? johnjohn 08/17/2000 10:26 AM "kith and kin", "rack and ruin", "kit and caboodle TEd Remington 08/17/2000 1:02 PM "flotsam and jetsam" juanmaria 08/19/2000 10:03 AM Re: "flotsam and jetsam" TEd Remington 08/19/2000 10:52 AM Re: "flotsam and jetsam" juanmaria 08/19/2000 4:25 PM Re: "flotsam and jetsam" tsuwm 08/19/2000 12:09 PM Re: "flotsam and jetsam" juanmaria 08/19/2000 4:16 PM Re: "flotsam and jetsam" tsuwm 08/19/2000 12:30 PM Re: Is it "beck and call" or "beckon call" ? Jackie 08/18/2000 11:15 AM Thanks and Hello jdholloway 08/18/2000 1:02 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 Posts230,325 Members9,209 Most Online4,606 Sep 17th, 2025 Newest Members Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd, Tony Hood, Wood Delivery 9,209 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 28 A C Bowden 10 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,168 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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