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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 2 of 3 1 2 3 But wait! There's more! #133279 09/23/04 12:15 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 sort've: http://www.google.com/search?q=sort've&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&safe=off&lr=lang_en&sa=X&oi=lrtip7 Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: But wait! There's more! #133280 09/23/04 12:54 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont so, should the contraction be: kind'f and sort'f?... formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: But wait! There's more! #133281 09/23/04 01:26 PM Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 California J jheem veteran jheem veteran J Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 California Oughtn't that to be kinda and sorta? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: But wait! There's more! #133282 09/23/04 01:42 PM Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 California J jheem veteran jheem veteran J Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 California There's at least 1k ghits that have all three versions: kind've, kinda, and kind of. http://tinyurl.com/4r5pf Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: But wait! There's more! #133283 09/23/04 01:54 PM Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... W Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Wordwind Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Is kind'f/sort'f a closed set, et'? Nagh...there's apart'f. Any others that are apart'f this set? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: But wait! There's more! #133284 09/23/04 04:24 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont apart'f I allus thought that was a little drink after dinner... formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: But wait! There's more! #133285 09/26/04 09:35 PM Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 36 Vermont (US) D dellfarmer newbie dellfarmer newbie D Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 36 Vermont (US) I think you're all making too much've this issue. Our language is flexible; that the glory've it. Ron. Ron. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: flexibility #133286 09/26/04 11:19 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 I suppose even EB White, proto-descriptivist that he was, would of drawn the line at 've, despite the below: "The living language is like a cow-path: it is the creation of the cows themselves, who, having created it, follow it or depart from it according to their whims or their needs. From daily use, the path undergoes change. A cow is under no obligation to stay." -E.B. White, writer (1899-1985) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter would of? #133287 09/27/04 02:54 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 ??? TEd Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: would of? #133288 09/27/04 03:02 PM Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 California J jheem veteran jheem veteran J Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 California wood've ??? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 2 of 3 1 2 3 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. 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