Wednesday, June 28, 2006

Direct From Websters

I'm a bit of a word geek. As I'm going along minding my own business, a certain word will jump out and ask me to look up its etymology.

Today it was 'replenish', which most people pronounce as if there's a T in the middle. (But, my brothers and sisters - there is no T).

Here's the Webster's definition -

replenish
Pronunciation: ri-'ple-nish
Function: verb
Etymology: Middle English replenisshen, from Middle French repleniss-, stem of replenir to fill, from Old French, from re- + plein full, from Latin plenus --
- - to fill with persons or animals

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Is it just my imagination, or is that last line a bit strange? I know it's the archaic form, but still.

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