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Solving => Today's Puzzles => Topic started by: magus on June 03, 2015, 08:54:48 AM
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THEME: homonyms of the words TO, BE, OR, NOT, TO, BE found, in order, at the end of phrases
GOOD ONES:
Speaker {& theme} HAMLET
Olympus competitor LEICA [camera, not ancient athlete]
Public opening? JOHN Q [the generic name, not a store event]
BTW:
Tossed off the covers AROSE [I guess, but tossing off covers is often done in bed on other occasions and suggests discomfort rather than rising to meet the day]
Disco phrase A GO GO [as I remember, A GO GO referred to go-go dancing which predated the disco era by about a decade --- the monkey and the jerk of the 60's were two go-go dances --- but some clubs from the go-go era may have remained open long enough to become discoteques]
Usually Ed gives us a science word or two, but perhaps his retirement from medicine is having the intended effect.
RATING: ;D ;D
Three grins = Loved it; Two grins = Enjoyed it; One grin = A bit bland for my taste; One teardrop = Not much fun
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"Cheers, across the Channel" was ADIEU. Nope, sorry. "Cheers" dates from 1919 and is defined as "interjection - used as a toast." The equivalent of ADIEU is "Cheerio," which dates from 1910 and is defined as interjection, chiefly British - usually used as a farewell and sometimes a greeting or toast."
I will refrain from making any bad puns about a certain brand of cereal.
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Rewind---
Suggesting that etymology determine the meaning of a word is to misunderstand the essence of the study. Etymology presents the history of the word (whence it came, how it changed, etc.)
Whether or not a certain definition of a word predated a second definition of that word, or whether a word morphs into an opposite meaning, the word means all of the definitions in today's dictionary. Thus, cheers is the equivalent of adieu since a meaning of cheers is good-bye.
That said, I suspect cheers most always is used as a toast and less so as a closing in an informal note.