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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: enjoy #14854 01/10/01 04:39 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky I have been following the "but" debate with fascinated interest - thank goodness it hasn't caught on over here, yet - and I'm wondering if its use is as a type of phatic emphasis. Rhu, your but is phat, all right. (Sorry, I just could NOT resist that!) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted but stales 01/06/01 05:35 AM Re: but Capital Kiwi 01/06/01 09:26 AM Re: but belMarduk 01/06/01 03:49 PM Post deleted by musick musick 01/06/01 08:44 PM Re: but tsuwm 01/06/01 08:54 PM Re: but Jackie 01/07/01 12:22 AM Re: anastrophic 'buts' AnnaStrophic 01/07/01 12:34 AM Re: anastrophic 'buts' Capital Kiwi 01/07/01 12:48 AM Origin of rising inflexions, etc RhubarbCommando 01/08/01 12:41 PM Re: Origin of rising inflexions, etc Phyllisstein 01/08/01 02:22 PM Re: Origin of rising inflexions, etc Jazzoctopus 01/08/01 09:40 PM Re: anastrophic 'buts' wsieber 01/09/01 07:20 AM Re: anastrophic 'buts' Bobyoungbalt 01/09/01 04:14 PM Re: basically jmh 01/09/01 08:25 PM enjoy RhubarbCommando 01/10/01 01:16 PM Re: eh jmh 01/10/01 01:35 PM Re: but/not jmh 01/10/01 01:38 PM Re: enjoy Faldage 01/10/01 01:43 PM Re: enjoy RhubarbCommando 01/10/01 02:11 PM Re: enjoy of troy 01/10/01 02:20 PM Re: have a nice day tsuwm 01/11/01 05:49 PM Re: have a nice day musick 01/11/01 05:56 PM Re: have a nice day Bobyoungbalt 01/11/01 06:00 PM Re: have a nice day Jackie 01/12/01 03:30 AM Re: you guys Faldage 01/12/01 05:00 AM Re: have a good one jmh 01/12/01 07:08 AM Re: Waitrons' enjoyment AnnaStrophic 01/12/01 09:08 PM Re: enjoy Jackie 01/10/01 04:39 PM Re: enjoy Capital Kiwi 01/11/01 05:19 PM Re: enjoy wsieber 01/15/01 12:20 PM Re: enjoy jmh 01/15/01 01:23 PM Re: enjoy RhubarbCommando 01/11/01 08:19 PM Re: anastrophic 'buts' wsieber 01/11/01 07:10 AM Re: "Eh" at the end of a sentence stales 01/09/01 04:15 PM Re: but Phyllisstein 01/12/01 08:18 AM Re: but jmh 01/12/01 08:33 AM Re: but Capital Kiwi 01/12/01 09:22 AM Re: but Jackie 01/12/01 12:35 PM Re: but Capital Kiwi 01/12/01 04:23 PM Re: but tsuwm 01/12/01 05:42 PM Re: but Capital Kiwi 01/12/01 06:20 PM Re: but Max Quordlepleen 01/12/01 05:57 PM Re: but Capital Kiwi 01/12/01 06:24 PM Re: but Bobyoungbalt 01/12/01 07:30 PM Re: but Max Quordlepleen 01/12/01 09:07 PM LBW & Silly Mid On stales 01/14/01 12:21 AM Re: LBW & Silly Mid On jmh 01/14/01 12:29 AM Re: LBW & Silly Mid On RhubarbCommando 01/14/01 08:30 AM Re: Undisputed Champion Faldage 01/15/01 03:05 PM Re: LBW & Silly Mid On Capital Kiwi 01/14/01 12:52 AM Why test a cricket? Jackie 01/14/01 03:17 AM Re: Why test a cricket? Max Quordlepleen 01/14/01 04:17 AM Re: Why test a cricket? RhubarbCommando 01/14/01 08:38 AM Re: Why test a cricket? Max Quordlepleen 01/14/01 08:50 AM Re: Why test a cricket? Capital Kiwi 01/14/01 09:18 AM Cricket, etc AnnaStrophic 01/14/01 01:16 PM Re: Cricket, etc wow 01/14/01 02:28 PM Re: Cricket, etc Capital Kiwi 01/14/01 05:25 PM Re: Weird sports AnnaStrophic 01/15/01 02:40 AM Re: Weird sports Capital Kiwi 01/15/01 07:21 AM Re: but RhubarbCommando 01/14/01 08:22 AM Re: but Marty 01/16/01 09:29 PM Re: The Dish Capital Kiwi 01/17/01 03:36 AM Re: The Dish Marty 01/17/01 04:31 AM Re: The Dish Capital Kiwi 01/17/01 07:25 AM Re: but stales 01/17/01 04:17 AM Re: but NicholasW 01/08/01 11:56 AM Re: but TEd Remington 01/06/01 04:24 PM Re: but wow 01/06/01 08:20 PM Re: but Max Quordlepleen 01/06/01 08:37 PM Re: but stales 01/09/01 04:11 PM Clarification AnnaStrophic 01/09/01 05:30 PM Re: but AnnaStrophic 01/09/01 05:36 PM Re: but Capital Kiwi 01/10/01 04:04 AM Re: but Max Quordlepleen 01/10/01 05:00 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 Posts229,316 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 (), 574 guests, and 2 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 30 A C Bowden 13 LukeJavan8 1 ddrinnan 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 tsuwm 10,542 wofahulicodoc 10,533 LukeJavan8 9,916 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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