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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread not all that obscure, after all #64495 04/10/02 02:53 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,557 Likes: 1 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,557 Likes: 1 Worcester, MA "Maudit...Italian maledetto...Maledire...opposite of benedire... ...which all have English equivalents still current, i.e. malediction and benediction. Peculiar accompaniment: ever heard "malediction" with any other verb than "uttered"? A little like the "rosy-fingered-dawn" always occurring as a single phrase in The Oddessy. I recall that the Greeks even had a word for such concatenations-by-convention (but it never stuck in my head). Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Fichu metier! paulb 04/08/02 12:35 PM Re: Fichu metier! slithy toves 04/08/02 12:52 PM Re: Fichu metier! wwh 04/08/02 01:47 PM Re: Fichu metier! Wordwind 04/08/02 03:26 PM Re: Fichu metier! wwh 04/08/02 06:09 PM Re: Fichu metier! Wordwind 04/08/02 08:51 PM Re: Fichu metier! wwh 04/08/02 08:56 PM Re: Fichu metier! Wordwind 04/08/02 09:05 PM Re: Fichu metier! wwh 04/09/02 01:30 AM Re: Fichu metier! Bobyoungbalt 04/09/02 02:43 AM Re: Fichu metier! wsieber 04/09/02 05:22 AM Re: Fichu metier! wwh 04/09/02 01:37 PM Re: Fichu metier! Faldage 04/09/02 01:49 PM Re: Fichu metier! wwh 04/09/02 01:59 PM Re: Fichu metier! wsieber 04/09/02 02:08 PM Re: Fichu metier! wwh 04/09/02 02:26 PM Re: Fichu metier! wsieber 04/10/02 07:37 AM Re: Fichu/maudit boronia 04/09/02 03:33 PM benedire emanuela 04/10/02 05:11 AM not all that obscure, after all wofahulicodoc 04/10/02 02:53 PM Re: not all that obscure, after all Keiva 04/10/02 06:42 PM Re: not all that obscure, after all wwh 04/10/02 06:54 PM Re: not all that obscure, after all Keiva 04/10/02 07:04 PM Re: Fichu metier! TEd Remington 04/11/02 03:23 PM Re: Fichu metier! wsieber 04/09/02 02:00 PM 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 Posts229,361 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 (), 670 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 30 A C Bowden 22 LukeJavan8 3 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,557 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,919 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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