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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread to shouldersomeone away #191526 06/13/10 03:03 AM Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 1 A annthen OP stranger OP annthen stranger A Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 1 Is this an English, an American, a French or possibly a universal expression? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: to shouldersomeone away annthen #191529 06/13/10 12:34 PM Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 655 Florida, USA beck123 addict beck123 addict Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 655 Florida, USA I've heard of "shouldering" (one's way through a crowd, for example,) but not shouldering someone away. Closest in my experience is to give someone the cold shoulder, which connotes dismissal, that is, sending (or keeping) someone away. "I don't know which is worse: ignorance or apathy. And, frankly, I don't care." - Anonymous Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: to shouldersomeone away beck123 #191535 06/13/10 04:15 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 I've heard of 'shouldering (someone) out of the way.' US Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: to shouldersomeone away Faldage #191538 06/13/10 04:46 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass 355 hits in google[books] for shouldered away. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: to shouldersomeone away tsuwm #191541 06/13/10 05:08 PM Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh The first citation for shoulder away in the OED2 is from the 14th century in the Cursor Mundi (written in Middle English). Ne wiste þai neuer quat to say ilkan shuldered oþer a-way. Ceci n'est pas un seing. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: to shouldersomeone away zmjezhd #191545 06/13/10 07:36 PM Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 655 Florida, USA beck123 addict beck123 addict Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 655 Florida, USA 1.41 million hits on Google for "little green men from Mars" - and so? "I don't know which is worse: ignorance or apathy. And, frankly, I don't care." - Anonymous Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: to shouldersomeone away tsuwm #191549 06/13/10 09:37 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Originally Posted By: tsuwm 355 hits in google[books] for shouldered away. Is that a lot or a little? If it were google hits without the books it would be inconsequential. What is it with google books? And what's the corpus? All American English? British English? Indian? Canadian? Australian? The whole world of English? BTW, Google Books gives me 605 hits for "shouldered away" and 274,215 for "shouldered out of the way". Last edited by Faldage; 06/13/10 09:44 PM. Reason: More info Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter 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 Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,372 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 220 guests, and 2 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 28 A C Bowden 25 LukeJavan8 3 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,561 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,919 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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