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To: jbe who wrote (2420)5/1/1999 5:50:00 PM
From: Edwarda  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 4711
 
(laughing)



To: jbe who wrote (2420)5/1/1999 6:49:00 PM
From: E  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 4711
 
So the Churless of this thread dost require me to speake correct, rather than humorous, Tudor English, dost she?

I dost wonder if the strumpet will credit that I didest it on purpose...?



To: jbe who wrote (2420)5/2/1999 5:43:00 PM
From: Jack Clarke  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 4711
 
Jbe:

My computer is at least temporarily again functional but erratic. I got to peruse a few of the comments on this great thread, and I must comment on your Tudor conjugation:

I do
Thou dost
He/she/it doeth

I don't have time to look it up, and it may just be a variant depending on the period of common use, but to my ear the third person singular of the verb "to be" during this era should be doth rather than doeth. Maybe I remember it from Shakespeare, or more likely from the (now abandoned) 1928 Anglican prayer book, but "doeth" doth not sound right to me.

Speaking of the old BCP, they also used "saith" as in the King James bible, but I noted that only Anglican priests seemed to pronounce it "seth", and most other denominations pronounced it "say-eth". Interesting.

With best wishes to all,

Jack



To: jbe who wrote (2420)5/2/1999 5:59:00 PM
From: The Philosopher  Respond to of 4711
 
** New topic

I was reading the Exxon/Mobil merger document sent to shareholders, and found that they had several exhibits or attachments which they called "Annex A," "Annex B," etc. Had never heard that usage before.

But I find that my COD does indeed list "addition to a document" as part of the definition of annex(e), and Webster's 2nd International (I do not keep company with the Third) agrees. Has anybody else seen this usage of the word?


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