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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsWhy do people say "born and bred in XXXXX" ?
Wouldn't it be more correct to say, from a linear existential perspective, - "bred and born in XXXXX"?
But of course neither phrase is provably correct....who knows where the bredding took place (the bornning place being pretty well documented).
Thoughts?
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TexasProgresive
(12,159 posts)OAITW r.2.0
(24,643 posts)brush
(53,917 posts)TexasProgresive
(12,159 posts)Something about animals are raised and children are reared. Some really fine semantics going on there.
Xipe Totec
(43,890 posts)jberryhill
(62,444 posts)Glorfindel
(9,739 posts)I was bred in this place. I was a boy here!
OAITW r.2.0
(24,643 posts)sequentially speaking.
True Dough
(17,333 posts)Would you be so kind as to explain your username to me? It reminds me of a customized licence plate. Sometimes I can figure 'em out, and sometimes I can't. In this case I'm perplexed and curious.
diva77
(7,660 posts)True Dough
(17,333 posts)And diva stands for "dispensing information & valuable assistance"?