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Witziges Rätsel
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| Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2005 4:56 am
Post subject: What's there to wreak? |
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| Has anything ever been wreaked besides havoc? |
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Harvey Van Sickle
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| Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2005 5:03 am
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On 05 Nov 2005, Witziges Rätsel wrote
| Quote: | Has anything ever been wreaked besides havoc?
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Vengeance and revenge, I think.
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Cheers, Harvey
Canadian (30 years) and British (23 years)
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TakenEvent
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| Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2005 5:29 am
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"Witziges Rätsel" <zer@roer.com> wrote in message
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Has anything ever been wreaked besides havoc?
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"Wreaked terror" gets 201 Google hits.
"Wreak terror" -- 12600. |
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Donna Richoux
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| Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2005 5:45 am
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TakenEvent <lightbulbsnickety@chartermi.net> wrote:
| Quote: | "Witziges Rätsel" <zer@roer.com> wrote in message
news:436d2a77@nocnews001.allthesites.org...
Has anything ever been wreaked besides havoc?
"Wreaked terror" gets 201 Google hits.
"Wreak terror" -- 12600.
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Carnage, destruction, damage, pain, devastation, catastrophe, and
tragedy.
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brrr -- Donna Richoux |
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John Dean
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| Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2005 6:12 am
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Donna Richoux wrote:
| Quote: | TakenEvent <lightbulbsnickety@chartermi.net> wrote:
"Witziges Rätsel" <zer@roer.com> wrote in message
news:436d2a77@nocnews001.allthesites.org...
Has anything ever been wreaked besides havoc?
"Wreaked terror" gets 201 Google hits.
"Wreak terror" -- 12600.
Carnage, destruction, damage, pain, devastation, catastrophe, and
tragedy.
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Not to mention fell intent, malice, wrath, disappointment, ill humour
and a coward's spite.
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John Dean
Oxford |
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TakenEvent
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| Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2005 6:23 am
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"Donna Richoux" <trio@euronet.nl> wrote in message
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| Quote: | TakenEvent <lightbulbsnickety@chartermi.net> wrote:
"Witziges Rätsel" <zer@roer.com> wrote in message
news:436d2a77@nocnews001.allthesites.org...
Has anything ever been wreaked besides havoc?
"Wreaked terror" gets 201 Google hits.
"Wreak terror" -- 12600.
Carnage, destruction, damage, pain, devastation, catastrophe, and
tragedy.
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Sounds like you're having a teen angst moment...
You could be writing the next modern rock hit, if that's not already subject
to copyright protection. |
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Charles Riggs
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| Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2005 7:52 am
Post subject: Re: What's there to wreak? |
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On Sat, 5 Nov 2005 23:45:27 +0100, trio@euronet.nl (Donna Richoux)
wrote:
| Quote: | TakenEvent <lightbulbsnickety@chartermi.net> wrote:
"Witziges Rätsel" <zer@roer.com> wrote in message
news:436d2a77@nocnews001.allthesites.org...
Has anything ever been wreaked besides havoc?
"Wreaked terror" gets 201 Google hits.
"Wreak terror" -- 12600.
Carnage, destruction, damage, pain, devastation, catastrophe, and
tragedy.
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I've never heard or read "wreaked damage", "wreaked pain", or "wreaked
tragedy". All of them look quite silly to me, so I can hardly imagine
anyone using them.
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Charles Riggs |
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Tony Cooper
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| Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2005 8:05 am
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On Sun, 06 Nov 2005 00:52:12 +0000, Charles Riggs <chriggs@éircom.net>
wrote:
| Quote: | On Sat, 5 Nov 2005 23:45:27 +0100, trio@euronet.nl (Donna Richoux)
wrote:
TakenEvent <lightbulbsnickety@chartermi.net> wrote:
"Witziges Rätsel" <zer@roer.com> wrote in message
news:436d2a77@nocnews001.allthesites.org...
Has anything ever been wreaked besides havoc?
"Wreaked terror" gets 201 Google hits.
"Wreak terror" -- 12600.
Carnage, destruction, damage, pain, devastation, catastrophe, and
tragedy.
I've never heard or read "wreaked damage", "wreaked pain", or "wreaked
tragedy". All of them look quite silly to me, so I can hardly imagine
anyone using them.
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Ah, but Charles, you can get in the eggcorn list by saying that the
boil on your bum caused you to be wreaked with pain.
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Tony Cooper
Orlando, FL |
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Charles Riggs
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| Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2005 5:11 pm
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On Sun, 06 Nov 2005 03:05:22 GMT, Tony Cooper
<tony_cooper213@earthlink.net> wrote:
| Quote: | On Sun, 06 Nov 2005 00:52:12 +0000, Charles Riggs <chriggs@éircom.net
wrote:
On Sat, 5 Nov 2005 23:45:27 +0100, trio@euronet.nl (Donna Richoux)
wrote:
TakenEvent <lightbulbsnickety@chartermi.net> wrote:
"Witziges Rätsel" <zer@roer.com> wrote in message
news:436d2a77@nocnews001.allthesites.org...
Has anything ever been wreaked besides havoc?
"Wreaked terror" gets 201 Google hits.
"Wreak terror" -- 12600.
Carnage, destruction, damage, pain, devastation, catastrophe, and
tragedy.
I've never heard or read "wreaked damage", "wreaked pain", or "wreaked
tragedy". All of them look quite silly to me, so I can hardly imagine
anyone using them.
Ah, but Charles, you can get in the eggcorn list by saying that the
boil on your bum caused you to be wreaked with pain.
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Perhaps my ass was "wreaked with pain", but I'd say "wreaked pain"
came from that same part of anatomy of the person who supposed it to
be a common expression.
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Charles Riggs |
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Donna Richoux
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| Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2005 6:30 pm
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Tony Cooper <tony_cooper213@earthlink.net> wrote:
| Quote: | Charles Riggs <chriggs@éircom.net> wrote:
trio@euronet.nl (Donna Richoux) wrote:
TakenEvent <lightbulbsnickety@chartermi.net> wrote:
"Witziges Rätsel" <zer@roer.com> wrote
Has anything ever been wreaked besides havoc?
"Wreaked terror" gets 201 Google hits.
"Wreak terror" -- 12600.
Carnage, destruction, damage, pain, devastation, catastrophe, and
tragedy.
I've never heard or read "wreaked damage", "wreaked pain", or "wreaked
tragedy".
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Perhaps that's because they are not overused cliches like "wreak havoc,"
but merely fresh phrases, built using the actual meaning of "wreak."
| Quote: | All of them look quite silly to me, so I can hardly imagine
anyone using them.
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Silliness being a measure of unfamiliarity, I think. I didn't say they
were *common* -- the queston was *ever*. You can find fuller context for
any of those with Google. They fit the same dictionary meaning as does
the one with "havoc," as far as I can see: "bring, cause."
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Ah, but Charles, you can get in the eggcorn list by saying that the
boil on your bum caused you to be wreaked with pain.
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Aren't wrack and rack confusing enough?
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Best -- Donna Richoux |
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Chris Waigl
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| Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2005 7:04 pm
Post subject: Re: What's there to wreak? |
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On Sat, 05 Nov 2005 23:12:10 +0000, John Dean wrote:
| Quote: | Donna Richoux wrote:
Carnage, destruction, damage, pain, devastation, catastrophe, and
tragedy.
Not to mention fell intent, malice, wrath, disappointment, ill humour
and a coward's spite.
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Nor mayhem, terror, revenge, vengeance, hell, chaos, calamity, death.
Chris Waigl
(and lots and lots of cars of course)
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blog: http://serendipity.lascribe.net/
eggcorns: http://eggcorns.lascribe.net/ |
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Donna Richoux
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| Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2005 7:13 pm
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Chris Waigl <cwaigl@free.fr> wrote:
| Quote: | On Sat, 05 Nov 2005 23:12:10 +0000, John Dean wrote:
Donna Richoux wrote:
Carnage, destruction, damage, pain, devastation, catastrophe, and
tragedy.
Not to mention fell intent, malice, wrath, disappointment, ill humour
and a coward's spite.
Nor mayhem, terror, revenge, vengeance, hell, chaos, calamity, death.
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Man, what a tone poem. Sounds like last week's news. Nobody wreaks
happiness or success?
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Best -- Donna Richoux |
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Jeffrey Turner
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| Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2005 8:33 pm
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Donna Richoux wrote:
| Quote: | Chris Waigl <cwaigl@free.fr> wrote:
On Sat, 05 Nov 2005 23:12:10 +0000, John Dean wrote:
Donna Richoux wrote:
Carnage, destruction, damage, pain, devastation, catastrophe, and
tragedy.
Not to mention fell intent, malice, wrath, disappointment, ill humour
and a coward's spite.
Nor mayhem, terror, revenge, vengeance, hell, chaos, calamity, death.
Man, what a tone poem. Sounds like last week's news. Nobody wreaks
happiness or success?
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Not on this vale of tears.
--Jeff
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When people are fanatically dedicated
to political or religious faiths or any
other kind of dogmas or goals, it's
always because these dogmas or goals
are in doubt. -Robert T. Pirsig |
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J. W. Love
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| Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2005 8:48 pm
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Witziges wrote:
| Quote: | Has anything ever been wreaked besides havoc?
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Yes: oneself. Robert Bork has wreaked himself, or at least has tried
to, as his motto is said to be "Wreak yourself upon the world." |
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Pat Durkin
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| Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2005 12:16 am
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"Donna Richoux" <trio@euronet.nl> wrote in message
news:1h5lue7.8gjp0zoumv9cN%trio@euronet.nl...
| Quote: | Tony Cooper <tony_cooper213@earthlink.net> wrote:
Charles Riggs <chriggs@éircom.net> wrote:
trio@euronet.nl (Donna Richoux) wrote:
TakenEvent <lightbulbsnickety@chartermi.net> wrote:
"Witziges Rätsel" <zer@roer.com> wrote
Has anything ever been wreaked besides havoc?
"Wreaked terror" gets 201 Google hits.
"Wreak terror" -- 12600.
Carnage, destruction, damage, pain, devastation, catastrophe, and
tragedy.
I've never heard or read "wreaked damage", "wreaked pain", or
"wreaked
tragedy".
Perhaps that's because they are not overused cliches like "wreak
havoc,"
but merely fresh phrases, built using the actual meaning of "wreak."
All of them look quite silly to me, so I can hardly imagine
anyone using them.
Silliness being a measure of unfamiliarity, I think. I didn't say they
were *common* -- the queston was *ever*. You can find fuller context
for
any of those with Google. They fit the same dictionary meaning as does
the one with "havoc," as far as I can see: "bring, cause."
Ah, but Charles, you can get in the eggcorn list by saying that the
boil on your bum caused you to be wreaked with pain.
Aren't wrack and rack confusing enough?
And wreak and reek? |
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