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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: "go by" - a coinage ? #56248 02/17/2002 11:21 AM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 2,605 Keiva Carpal Tunnel Keiva Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 2,605 "ask for your daughter's hand in marriage" I always thought the phrase's oddity lay in the notion that her hand was the portion sought. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted "go by" - a coinage ? wow 02/10/2002 5:02 PM . Max Quordlepleen 02/10/2002 6:57 PM Re: "go by" - a coinage ? wwh 02/10/2002 7:28 PM Re: "go by" - a coinage ? AnnaStrophic 02/10/2002 7:50 PM Re: "go by" - a coinage ? Bingley 02/12/2002 5:59 AM Re: "go by" - a coinage ? Keiva 02/10/2002 7:57 PM Re: "go by" - a coinage ? tsuwm 02/10/2002 9:00 PM Re: "go by" - a coinage ? tsuwm 02/10/2002 9:23 PM Re: "go by" - a coinage ? WhitmanO'Neill 02/11/2002 12:44 AM Re: "go by" - No hits? Faldage 02/12/2002 10:59 AM Re: "go by" - No hits? Keiva 02/12/2002 12:00 PM Re: "go by" - a coinage ? Rubrick 02/12/2002 5:33 PM Re: "go by" - a coinage ? AnnaStrophic 02/12/2002 7:08 PM Re: "go by" - a coinage ? Keiva 02/12/2002 7:27 PM Re: "go by" - a coinage ? wow 02/13/2002 3:28 PM Re: "go by" - a coinage ? Capital Kiwi 02/17/2002 9:16 AM Re: "go by" - a coinage ? Keiva 02/17/2002 11:16 AM Re: "go by" - a coinage ? Keiva 02/17/2002 11:21 AM her hand was the portion sought TEd Remington 02/17/2002 4:58 PM . Max Quordlepleen 02/17/2002 6:38 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

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