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Re: [OT] Interesting?

• Posted by 1evan at sbcglobal.net Jul 18, 2003
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So Lincoln should have said "...our forefatherers..."?

gertie at visionsix.com wrote:

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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.
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>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
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>action is as bad as saying "i could care less", when i really couldn't.
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>Kat
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>>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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