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Tue Nov-21-06 08:19 PM
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Attention advertisers: "Wherefore" does not mean "where." |
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Thank you. That is all. Carry on.
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Tue Nov-21-06 08:20 PM
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1. It's more akin to "why" actually. |
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At least that's what I remember from my Shakespeare class in college.
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Tue Nov-21-06 08:22 PM
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It means "why." (Or, in some uses, "therefore.")
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Tue Nov-21-06 08:24 PM
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3. So, when Juliet asks "Wherefore art thou..." |
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she is asking why Romeo must be from the family he is. She is cursing her fate, not wondering where he is.
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Tue Nov-21-06 08:29 PM
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It was Romeo and Juliet that prompted this thread. I don't even know what the commercial was for, but the female voice says, "Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?" and the male voice says, "Verona!"
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Tue Nov-21-06 08:30 PM
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