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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 3 of 4 1 2 3 4 Re: worse and worse #58986 02/28/02 04:48 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 W wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Latin malus=bad, peior=worse,pessimus=worst Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: worse and worse #58987 02/28/02 05:59 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm OP Carpal Tunnel OP tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass Pejor...just a label for 'pejorative use', not a word itself > Not so sure about that... it wouldn't surprise me to find out that there is a similar word in French. there may well be, but I'm betting with boronia on this -- it looks like an abbreviation for the F. equivalent of "pejorative sense". Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: worse and worse #58988 02/28/02 08:00 PM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 2,204 R RhubarbCommando Pooh-Bah RhubarbCommando Pooh-Bah R Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 2,204 I had assumed, along with boronia, from its context that that was the meaning of Pejor. And on consulting my "dictionaire" I find: pejorati-f -ve (adj) pejorative Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: worse and worse #58989 02/28/02 08:22 PM Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 322 Toronto, Canada B boronia enthusiast boronia enthusiast B Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 322 Toronto, Canada not trying to be ultra-picky, but I'm guessing that you consulted your dictionnaire (2 n's) :-) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: worse and worse #58990 02/28/02 08:33 PM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 2,204 R RhubarbCommando Pooh-Bah RhubarbCommando Pooh-Bah R Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 2,204 Sorry - can't afford 2 ns - it ain't chicken feed, you know! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: worse and worse #58991 02/28/02 08:34 PM Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 322 Toronto, Canada B boronia enthusiast boronia enthusiast B Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 322 Toronto, Canada now, now or - if I, too, cry poverty, would that be: ow, ow!?!? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: worse and worse #58992 02/28/02 08:36 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 2,605 K Keiva Carpal Tunnel Keiva Carpal Tunnel K Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 2,605 Sorry - can't afford 2 n's But Rhuby, this whole thread is about double-n tendering. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter peor tantito #58993 02/28/02 09:05 PM Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 2,636 Caribbean consuelo Carpal Tunnel consuelo Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 2,636 Caribbean Ackshully©, the Spanish is peor, not pejor. It comes from the latin, pejor. Mejor is the correct spelling for better/best in Spanish, latin melior and is the antonym of peor. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter tant pis #58994 02/28/02 10:29 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,533 Likes: 1 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,533 Likes: 1 Worcester, MA Thanks - I stand corrected. And learned something today Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: double entendre #58995 03/01/02 11:05 AM Joined: May 2000 Posts: 679 Somewhere outside New York R Rubrick addict Rubrick addict R Joined: May 2000 Posts: 679 Somewhere outside New York I believe that 'Pejor.' in the definition is just a label for 'pejorative use', not a word itself Le Whoops©! Mon faux! 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