| From: | Michael Poxon <mike@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, January 29, 2009, 2:24 |
In certain lects in Britain, I wouldn't say this pair is actually obsolete, for instance in such phrases as "doffing your cap" to someone. If it is obsolete, then it has only become so within living memory. Mike>>> One of my favorite lost English pairs is the following: >>> >>> to don/to doff
| R A Brown <ray@...> | Don & doff (was: Natural Order of Events) |