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June 28, 2006
Unlikely Etymologies
Have you ever noticed the affinity of très chère and treasure. The few things in my life that I would refer to as one are indeed the only things that are the other.
Posted by Steven Riddle at June 28, 2006 7:28 PM
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Have you ever noticed the affinity of très chère and treasure.
No. But, I don't know French, either :-)
Posted by: jack perry at June 28, 2006 9:22 PM
In a comparable vain: I very much liked somebody using "A Dieu" (explicitly in two words) for a friend who had passed away - I hadn't realised the particular meaning of the original word "adieu"...
Posted by: Thomas at July 5, 2006 9:41 AM