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  • From: Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>
  • To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Homestead] Ethnicity (was Tortillas)
  • Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2007 09:21:27 -0700

'Re' as a prefix in Spanish or English doesn't necessarily mean 'do it
again'. It often means 'do it completely' such as 'relax' doesn't mean 'lax for a
second time' but rather 'lax completely'.

This is poignantly clear to me. I have been tired too many times to count, so retired is redundant. But, using the common meaning, I find it yet elusive.





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