beknown

[Jonathan Lighter]

Yeah, but "beknown" is called "archaic," and the 1876 "beholden" is from a
book called _Modern English_.

My mother and grandmother used to say "beholden" all the time.

(That's hyperbole for you. I meant that they said it like it was nothing
special.)

JL


On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 9:03 AM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:

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> At 8/5/2009 08:45 AM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
> >The final OED ex. is from 1865.
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> >But how did they miss this?:
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> >2006
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> http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title.jsp?stid=94993&atid=24648&category=UserReviews
> >: i believe john ireland made his name beknown in this film.
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> They must have been sleeping though Katharine Hepburn movies.  After
> all, she said "beholden" in "Philadelphia Story" in 1938 and again in
> 1940, and the final OED ex. for that is from 1873.
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> Joel
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