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[Wilson Gray]

FWIW, I've always considered "not to worry" to be an annoying Briticism.

-Wilson Gray

On Feb 4, 2005, at 4:51 PM, Laurence Horn wrote:

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> forwarded from the Yale Rabbi via a colleague,.  Anyone know?
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> The Rabbi, Jim Ponet, asks:
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> ... explain if you will the structure "Not to worry."  Does it emulate
> anything Yiddish.  Then there's "to kill for,"  "to die for."
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> It does follow a Hebrew structure arguable.  But I doubt that origin.
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