Re: Etymology of anthropo-

From: Peter T. Daniels (grammatim_at_worldnet.att.net)
Date: 03/06/05 

Date: Sun, 06 Mar 2005 14:48:36 GMT

David Wright Sr. wrote:
>
> Jacques Guy <jguy@alphalink.com.au> wrote in news:422A5282.71E1
> @alphalink.com.au:
>
> > meirman wrote:
> >
> >> Not disagreeing but OTOH, a favorite word of mine, preposterous. How
> >> can something be pre and post at the same time?
> >
> > It means, almost literally, "arse up front" (pardon my French).
> >
> > However, _my_ favourite is "back and forth". How can be
> > be back if you haven't first been forth?
> >
>
> That's obvious. you start off 'forth' or otherwise you couldn't have gotten
> to where you are, because you would still be 'back'. ;-)>

How could you start off anything other than first? 

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Peter T. Daniels                       grammatim@att.net