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Describing word
Category: Relationships and Society Asked by: nicski-ga List Price: $5.00 |
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19 May 2006 18:43 PDT
Expires: 18 Jun 2006 18:43 PDT Question ID: 730586 |
a word that describes belonging to someone | |
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From: denco-ga on 19 May 2006 18:54 PDT |
Property. |
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From: frde-ga on 20 May 2006 01:14 PDT |
A possession |
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From: bozo99-ga on 20 May 2006 04:52 PDT |
possessive - or possessive pronoun BERT'S dog was the strongest. HIS was the one you'd sometimes see towing broken-down questions out of google-answers onto the normal Internet for the English students to scavenge their parts of speech. |
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From: aussietpp-ga on 20 May 2006 04:56 PDT |
Ownership |
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From: myoarin-ga on 20 May 2006 05:38 PDT |
"Chattel" is definitely the best word, though a bit uncommon these days. |
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From: probonopublico-ga on 20 May 2006 08:40 PDT |
Attached. Do I hear shouts of 'Perfect'? |
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From: myoarin-ga on 20 May 2006 09:12 PDT |
If that is what is meant: betrothed, married, hooked, given, enslaved, ... |
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From: frde-ga on 21 May 2006 00:51 PDT |
It had me wondering about 'goods and chattels' ... |
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From: probonopublico-ga on 21 May 2006 01:01 PDT |
Mine. (Even I am impressed with this one.) |
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From: myoarin-ga on 21 May 2006 06:17 PDT |
As used legally, however, "attached" means impounded. Bryan could claim that his chattel Daisy (sorry, dear, but that is what you are) as "mine", but Answerfinder's erstwhile colleagues could "attach" her (gently) in connection with a case about a stolen chain of sausages (though I suspect that Daisy has better taste than to eat British sausages). |
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From: probonopublico-ga on 21 May 2006 06:40 PDT |
Myo ... You obviously know NOTHING about dogs ... They will eat absolutely anything ... Even German sausages, MacDonald hamburgers, Wiener Schnitzel and (conceivably) human flesh, other canines, butterflies, woodlice, snails, etc., etc. Bryo |
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From: pafalafa-ga on 21 May 2006 08:48 PDT |
I agree, I think chattel is perfect. In fact, I've grown quite attached to it, even feeling a bit possessive. I claim ownership. It's mine, mine, MINE. pafalfa-ga's |
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From: frde-ga on 21 May 2006 09:35 PDT |
Ok Pafalala - you have the 'chattels' - now define the 'goods' @Probono, Old dog probably too smart to go to Korea |
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From: myoarin-ga on 21 May 2006 13:55 PDT |
Frde, will you accept the explanation that "goods and chattels" is similar to the expression "nook and cranny", a doubling of synonomous terms that dates from the Norman invasion when imported French terms entered the English legal language. Using both words assured that there was no misunderstanding of what was meant by the one word in either language. I learned that from an eminent Chaucer scholar many years ago. Cheers, Myo |
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From: frde-ga on 22 May 2006 01:35 PDT |
Yes, I'll certainly accept it, nook and cranny is a perfect example. |
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