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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Out of the cave and into the streets #84274 10/23/02 12:14 PM Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 322 Toronto, Canada B boronia enthusiast boronia enthusiast B Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 322 Toronto, Canada I'm afraid I hear it a lot (on the radio, by individual speakers, on the news, in meetings - all over) - and I've always disliked it - it just sounds funny/odd/WRONG to me. Interesting to note that, in French, the term is prendre une decision (literally translated as - ta da - to take a decision). But I don't believe that English-speaking takers of decisions are hearkening back to the French. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted decisions, decisions jture 10/22/02 07:51 PM Re: decisions, decisions Faldage 10/22/02 07:53 PM Re: decisions, decisions jture 10/22/02 07:57 PM It's cold and damp in here Sparteye 10/22/02 10:49 PM Re: It's cold and damp in here Wordwind 10/22/02 10:56 PM Re: Out of the cave and into the streets AnnaStrophic 10/22/02 11:49 PM Re: Out of the cave and into the streets hev 10/23/02 02:17 AM Re: Out of the cave and into the streets doc_comfort 10/23/02 02:27 AM Re: Out of the cave and into the streets Buffalo Shrdlu 10/23/02 09:25 AM Re: Out of the cave and into the streets Faldage 10/23/02 09:32 AM Re: Out of the cave and into the streets dodyskin 10/23/02 12:26 PM Out of the chicken and into the egg musick 10/25/02 02:00 AM My take on decision-making RhubarbCommando 10/25/02 08:15 AM Re: My take on decision-making Capital Kiwi 10/25/02 10:23 AM Bam Bam Bam consuelo 10/31/02 01:02 AM Re: Bam Bam Bam of troy 10/31/02 03:50 AM Re: Out of the cave and into the streets FishonaBike 10/23/02 10:46 AM Re: Out of the cave and into the streets boronia 10/23/02 12:14 PM Re: decisions, decisions wwh 10/22/02 07:58 PM Re: decisions, decisions jture 10/22/02 08:08 PM Re: decisions, decisions dxb 10/23/02 10:16 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 Posts229,363 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 (), 742 guests, and 0 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 28 A C Bowden 21 LukeJavan8 3 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,558 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,919 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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