[ExI] wordplay for a tuesday morning

[Tara Maya]

Apparently the legal doublets in English date back to the centuries right after the Norman conquest, when, in order to be sure your listener understood you, one had to use both an English word and a French or Latin term.  

Some examples that will be familiar: "aid and abet" "over and above" "part and parcel" "terms and conditions" "free and clear" "hue and cry" and on and on… 

So obviously doublings are right and proper and we should neither cease nor desist from using them.  ;)


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On Sep 30, 2014, at 2:34 PM, William Flynn Wallace <foozler83 at gmail.com> wrote:

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> How about rescuing certain words from tight couplings to others? For instance, whenever someone says "travesty," it's almost always coupled with "of justice," no? Well, use it in other words to break the couple. There's nothing wrong with "travesty of logical argument" or "travesty of a good date." Ditto for "abject" and many other words. 
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> Dan 
> ​Yes,  How about let's start with 'close proximity', or 'band together' (most uses of 'together' are redundant - e.g. 'group together', 'pair together' etc.)  bill w
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