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Re: [OT] Interesting?

• Posted by gertie at visionsix.com Jul 18, 2003
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On 18 Jul 2003, at 11:39, 1evan at sbcglobal.net wrote:

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> forebear ;)
> literal translation?
> fore -> been
> bear -> be
> I suppose.

Well, that makes no sense either.
What i was saying applied to that context. One could "forebear" a 
descendant, that is, give birth to them, but that use sounds awkward to me. 
Since the term could be used like that, then the person doing that would be 
the do-er, the forebearER, not the forebear. To use "forebear" referring to the 
action is as bad as saying "i could care less", when i really couldn't.

Kat

> gertie at visionsix.com wrote:
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> >What does "from been to be" mean??
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> >Kat
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