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  2. From: mckeonj@ul.ie
  3. Newsgroups: alt.usage.english
  4. Subject: Re: Unbalanced pairs?
  5. Message-ID: <20325.2b5e70b9@ul.ie>
  6. Date: 21 Jan 93 09:45:28 GMT
  7. References: <1j60pvINNgi8@aludra.usc.edu> <16B579C97.ALI00BAW@UNCCVM.UNCC.EDU>
  8. Organization: University of Limerick, Ireland
  9. Lines: 32
  10.  
  11. In article <16B579C97.ALI00BAW@UNCCVM.UNCC.EDU>, ALI00BAW@UNCCVM.UNCC.EDU writes:
  12. >>        WORD                   NOT A WORD
  13. >> -----------------------------------------------------
  14. >>        alms                   alm
  15. >>        ides                   ide
  16. >>        inept                  ept
  17. >>        inert                  ert
  18. >>        inoculate              oculate
  19. >>        mathematics            mathematic
  20. >>        nonplussed             plussed
  21. >>        rebuttal               buttal
  22. >>        refrain                frain
  23. >>        regurgitate            gurgitate
  24. >>        reimburse              imburse
  25. >>        ruthless               ruth
  26. > The opposets may be RARE, but they are THERE.  E.G.:
  27. >  
  28. > "Ept" is a variant of "apt."
  29. >  
  30. > "Ruth" means hesitation or scruple.
  31. >  
  32. > "Bursa" in Latin means "pocket, bag, pouch, or purse"; to "imburse"
  33. > someone means "to give money for a specific purpose."  E.g. if I
  34. > In Greek, if I remember correctly "mathetemai" means "I learn" or "I am
  35. > taught."  Mathematics originally meant ALL formal study.
  36. My favourites are:
  37. couth, kempt, and gainly
  38. I wish I were!
  39. -- 
  40. "Ich am of Irlonde" (medieval fragment used by Yeats)
  41. -------------------------------------------------------------------
  42. John McKeon, Material Science Dept. University of Limerick, Ireland
  43.