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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Woebegone #74859 07/03/2002 10:34 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Quinion has a long article about "woebegone":http://www.quinion.com/words/qa/qa-woe1.htm He says that the verb "bego" has been obsolete for four hundred years.This means it is unlikely that there are other words compounded with it. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Woebegone dxb 07/03/2002 4:11 PM Re: Woebegone FishonaBike 07/03/2002 9:19 PM Re: Woebegone wwh 07/03/2002 10:34 PM Re: Woebegone Buffalo Shrdlu 07/04/2002 2:11 AM Beer gone FishonaBike 07/04/2002 12:27 PM Re: Beer gone wwh 07/04/2002 1:03 PM Re: Beer gone of troy 07/04/2002 3:06 PM Re: Beer gone wwh 07/04/2002 3:13 PM Re: Beer gone FishonaBike 07/04/2002 3:24 PM Re: Beer gone of troy 07/04/2002 3:50 PM Re: Beer gone wwh 07/04/2002 5:45 PM Re: Beer gone of troy 07/04/2002 6:04 PM Re: Beer gone wwh 07/04/2002 6:34 PM Re: Beer gone Wordwind 07/04/2002 6:41 PM Re: Beer gone consuelo 07/04/2002 8:03 PM Re: Beer gone FishonaBike 07/04/2002 9:34 PM Re: Beer gone modestgoddess 07/05/2002 2:20 AM Re: Beer gone Rubrick 07/05/2002 9:55 AM Re: Beer gone TEd Remington 07/05/2002 2:22 PM Re: Beer gone modestgoddess 07/05/2002 5:11 PM Re: Beer gone RhubarbCommando 07/05/2002 11:10 AM Re: Beer gone FishonaBike 07/05/2002 11:37 AM Re: Beer gone Rubrick 07/05/2002 12:36 PM Re: Beer gone RhubarbCommando 07/05/2002 2:11 PM hair of the dog FishonaBike 07/05/2002 9:36 PM Re: Beer gone FishonaBike 07/05/2002 9:33 PM Re: Beer gone FishonaBike 07/04/2002 3:17 PM Re: Woebegone dxb 07/04/2002 3:50 PM Post deleted by Geoff Geoff 07/04/2002 9:49 PM Re: Woebegone RhubarbCommando 07/05/2002 11:17 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 Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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