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4:16PM
Aug-19-08


Gordon Stanley

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Regarding the listener question about the prefix “un-”

My favorite is unthaw. A missued, but defined word with the same meaning as thaw… to cause to move from a frozen to a soft or liquid state.

4:21PM
Aug-19-08


Gordon Stanley

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And one more thing…

Unthawed is Still frozen.

So the past tense of unthaw, making soft, which is unthawed, is to still be frozen, after it has been thawed? Isn’t the English language fun?

8:40PM
Aug-21-08


martha

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Hmmm, Gordon. Then I guess it’s true that it’s the thawed that counts.

3:49PM
Aug-22-08


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Punny, Martha, very punny.

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