On 09/07/2011 04:27 AM, Timothy Miller wrote:
"O Romeo, Romeo! wherefore art thou Romeo?"
The 'wherefore' here means "why?" rather than "where?"
What Juliet is asking, in allusion to the feud between her Capulet family and
Romeo's Montague clan, is 'Romeo, why are you a Montague?'.
Give me "Richard II" any day. Mind you, I've always fancied myself as
Mercutio . . . :)
Tim
On Sep 6, 2011, at 1:23 PM, FlexibleLearning wrote:
The persistent mis-use of this word REALLY annoys me!
'Wherefore' is 'Why' in modern parlance, and not (nor has ever been)
'where'.
Back to your normal browsing.
Hugh Senior
FLCo
_______________________________________________
use-livecode mailing list
use-livecode@lists.runrev.com
Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription
preferences:
http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
_______________________________________________
use-livecode mailing list
use-livecode@lists.runrev.com
Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription
preferences:
http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
