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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 2 of 2 1 2 Re: rapprochement #116278 11/21/03 06:54 PM 11/21/03 06:54 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Why is it we "stand" corrected? The definition of stand covers quite a bit of real estate. 8a is the one to take particular note of, but compare with some of its neighbors: http://www.bartleby.com/61/16/S0701600.html Re: rapprochement #116279 11/21/03 09:53 PM 11/21/03 09:53 PM Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 619 Carpal Tunnel Country G grapho addict grapho   addict G Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 619 Carpal Tunnel Country 8a. To be in a specified state or condition: I stand corrected. Personally, I can't stand being corrected ... but I guess it's better to take it standing up than lying down. Re: rapprochement #116280 11/21/03 10:31 PM 11/21/03 10:31 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 W wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh   Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 It used to be that when corrected, you had to go way back and sit down. Re: rapprochement #116281 11/24/03 11:37 PM 11/24/03 11:37 PM Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada Z Zed Pooh-Bah Zed   Pooh-Bah Z Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada or stand (corrected) in the corner Page 2 of 2 1 2 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 consolidated into a single forum above) ------   Words from medicine   Beheading words   Meta-words   Words from classical mythology   Animal Safari   Words with unusual etymologies   Eponyms or words derived from people's names.   Loanwords from German   English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode View Profile Send Private Message View Homepage Follow User Show Forum Posts View Profile Send Private Message View Homepage Follow User Show Forum Posts View Profile Send Private Message Follow User Show Forum Posts View Profile Send Private Message Follow User Show Forum Posts Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,883 Posts224,844 Members9,056 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Nikki1221, Veezkneez, LOC, Luna, wordie 9056 Registered Users Who's Online Now 1 registered members (A C Bowden), 198 guests, and 3 spiders. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 48 LukeJavan8 26 A C Bowden 17 LOC 1 Wordsmith 1 Top Posters(All Time) wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 tsuwm 10,538 LukeJavan8 9,160 wofahulicodoc 7,971 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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