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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread full, less and free... #101631 04/25/03 08:46 PM Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 67 A anchita OP journeyman OP anchita journeyman A Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 67 AnnaStrophic's post abt 'caretaker' and 'caregiver' set me thinking abt this one... Isn't it strange that 'carefree' has a positive connotation, while 'careless' has a negative one? In the gradation from 'careful' onto 'careless' and then finally 'carefree,' wouldn't one expect a similar gradation in their connotations too? Any others like this one? On second (actually additional) thoughts, '-less' is supposed to connote 'freedom' from something in certain cases... eg. clueless ;) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted full, less and free... anchita 04/25/03 08:46 PM Re: full, less and free... Faldage 04/25/03 09:50 PM Re: full, less and free... JohnHawaii 04/25/03 10:18 PM Re: full, less and free... krritter 04/27/03 01:47 AM Re: full, less and free... Buffalo Shrdlu 04/27/03 02:02 AM claustrofamilia wordminstrel 04/26/03 11:21 PM Re: agorafamilia Faldage 04/27/03 12:44 PM Re: full, less and free... Jackie 04/27/03 12:15 AM Re: full, less and free... wordminstrel 04/27/03 12:30 AM Re: full, less and free... Buffalo Shrdlu 04/27/03 01:11 AM Re: full, less and free... emanuela 04/27/03 12:29 PM Re: full, less and free... of troy 04/27/03 08:47 PM Re: full, less and free... Capfka 04/27/03 10:00 PM I've got that left-out feeling wofahulicodoc 04/27/03 10:52 PM Re: I've got that left-out feeling dxb 04/28/03 09:17 AM Re: full, less and free... Jackie 04/27/03 01:34 AM Re: full, less and free... sjm 04/27/03 09:33 AM Re: full, less and free... anchita 04/28/03 10:18 PM Re: full, less and free... Faldage 04/28/03 10:47 PM Re: full, less and free... Wordwind 04/28/03 10:52 PM Re: full, less and free... of troy 04/27/03 02:16 AM Re: full, less and free... Jackie 04/27/03 03:34 AM Re: full, less and free... Capfka 04/27/03 07:39 AM Re: full, less and free... Wordwind 04/27/03 10:25 AM Re: full, less and free... tsuwm 04/27/03 02:20 PM Re: full, less and free... musick 04/27/03 03:33 PM Now this gives my tiny mind an idea: AnnaStrophic 04/29/03 01:46 PM Re: Now this gives my tiny mind an idea: Wordwind 04/29/03 05:08 PM Lowering a level musick 04/29/03 05:53 PM Re: Now this gives my tiny mind an idea: dxb 04/30/03 06:19 AM Re: full, less and free... birdfeed 04/30/03 04:04 PM Re: full, less and free... Zed 04/30/03 04:09 PM Re: full, less and free... Zed 04/28/03 11:30 PM Re: full, less and free... maahey 04/29/03 04:49 AM fiamma emanuela 04/29/03 05:07 AM Re: fiamma maahey 04/29/03 09:15 AM Re: fiamma Faldage 04/29/03 10:13 AM Re: in+flammable Zed 04/29/03 09:15 PM Re: in+flam+mable consuelo 04/30/03 01:15 AM Re: the Entertainer Buffalo Shrdlu 04/30/03 01:30 AM Re: the Entertainer consuelo 04/30/03 01:45 AM Re: the Entertainer Faldage 04/30/03 10:04 AM Re: the Entertainer Buffalo Shrdlu 04/30/03 12:45 PM Chico Marx musick 04/30/03 03:01 PM Re: in+flammable Faldage 04/30/03 12:51 PM Re: in+flammable Buffalo Shrdlu 04/30/03 01:03 PM Genius AnnaStrophic 04/30/03 01:06 PM Re: Genius Faldage 04/30/03 01:08 PM Re: Genius birdfeed 04/30/03 03:57 PM Re: Genius AnnaStrophic 04/30/03 01:10 PM Re: in+flammable krritter 04/30/03 11:50 PM Re: in+flammable Jackie 05/01/03 12:51 AM Some friends and I were talking... consuelo 05/01/03 09:06 AM Don't forget *creative spelling musick 04/29/03 10:45 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 Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,373 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 (), 189 guests, and 2 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 29 A C Bowden 25 LukeJavan8 3 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,562 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,919 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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