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abraxaszugzwang commented on the word antapology
a reply to an apology
February 20, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word antapology
For real? I didn't know there was a word for this. I should have guessed.
February 21, 2007
seanahan commented on the word antapology
I assume this is apology in the Greek sense.
February 21, 2007
abraxaszugzwang commented on the word antapology
actually seanahan, the book I read about it in shows that it's a response to your everday "I'm sorry."
February 21, 2007
sionnach commented on the word antapology
In a press release earlier this evening, the colony patriarch, adamant issued a tersely worded antapology for many centuries of dulosis, which he referred to as the ultimate form of antabuse. "For years, we have been forcing the piquants to labor in the mines and in the cotton fields
February 21, 2007
topherclay commented on the word antapology
I am curious if this apology->antapology has the same etymology as the German Wort->Antwort
January 7, 2009
qroqqa commented on the word antapology
Yes and no. The German ant- is cognate with Greek ant(i)-, and with the English prefixes in an-swer and un-do, un-roll (which is not the negative un-), and Latin ante-. But it's common inheritance from PIE rather than borrowed or imitated formation.
January 7, 2009