Re: Up



On Tue, 31 Jan 2006 20:48:48 GMT, Wally commented

> You lovers of the English language might enjoy this:
>
>
> There is a two-letter word that perhaps has more meanings than any other
> two-letter word, and that is "UP."
>
Yes,there's a lot of meanings
http://bbcwords.oed.com/cgi/entry/50272935?
query_type=word&queryword=up&first=1&max_to_show=10
&sort_type=alpha&search_id=lPrf-Ea2PqH-4347&result_place=7

but how about the three-letter word 'set'?
http://bbcwords.oed.com/cgi/findword?query_type=word&queryword=set&find.x=0
&find.y=0&find=%5BPerform+Find+Word+search%5D


or is this just a set up?

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