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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 3 of 5 1 2 3 4 5 Re: Words better known in their negative forms #66158 04/21/02 06:32 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York "ana" is not a negative. YCLIU Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Words better known in their negative forms #66159 04/21/02 08:10 PM 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... "ana" is not a negative. YCLIU From Merriam-Webster's: Main Entry: ana- Variant(s): or an- Function: prefix Etymology: Latin, from Greek, up, back, again, from ana up -- more at ON 1 : up : upward <anabolism> 2 : back : backward <anatropous> Backward is postive? And what about anaphrodisia? The Only WO'N! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Words better known in their negative forms #66160 04/21/02 08:20 PM Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park of troy Carpal Tunnel of troy Carpal Tunnel Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park re: And what about anaphrodisia? Juan-- what part of getting up is negative? back can be a return, or in anastrophia, a back(wards) formation of a sentence. not negative.. Order reversed, still, meaning clear.not very good at that on the spur of the moment. my other obsession Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Words better known in their negative forms #66161 04/21/02 08:23 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 W wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Dear WO'N: what is a "phrodisiac"? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Words better known in their negative forms #66162 04/21/02 10:51 PM 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... Dear WO'N: what is a "phrodisiac"? Oh, that's easy, Dr. Bill! Aphro-disiac is a sexual stimulant you find growing in Africa! The Only WO'N! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Words better known in their negative forms #66163 04/22/02 12:44 AM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 2,605 K Keiva Carpal Tunnel Keiva Carpal Tunnel K Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 2,605 "ana" is not a negative. Agreed. Reversal is akin to negation, each being a kind of "opposite", but is not identical. So whether anastrophic fits this thread depends on how widely the net of this tread is cast [hence my question mark]. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Words better known in their negative forms #66164 04/22/02 02:25 AM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 W wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Dear WO'N: I would watch the discards if I played poker with you. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Words better known in their negative forms #66165 04/22/02 03:03 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... Dear WO'N: I would watch the discards if I played poker with you. Huh, Dr. Bill? Are you talkin' about dis card or dat card? The Only WO'N! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Words better known in their negative forms #66166 04/22/02 10:52 AM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 M maverick Carpal Tunnel maverick Carpal Tunnel M Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 Are you talkin' about dis card or dat card? nah, he's suspicious of the W'ON you've got up your sleeve ;) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Words better known in their negative forms #66167 04/22/02 05:15 PM 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... nah, he's suspicious of the W'ON you've got up your sleeve ;) Hey, mav...aren't those Aces 'n' Eights you're holding?...I'd be awfully careful if I were you! The Only WO'N! 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