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Thread #114361   Message #2441798
Posted By: Gurney
16-Sep-08 - 01:53 AM
Thread Name: BS: When did 'forbid' become 'forfend'?
Subject: RE: BS: When did 'forbid' become 'forfend'?
I've only seen it used in books,- You wouldn't hear it much in a factory,- but I have been aware of it since my teens. Which were a while ago.
If it's good enough for Bill Shakespeare and in Percy's 'Relics...' then it is good enough for anyone.

When did shops become 'outlet stores?' When did spectacles become 'eyeglasses?' When did mean stop meaning mean and mean nasty?'

And who put the bop in the bop, shebop, shebop.