Comments on: Word of the Day: brethren http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/2012/12/11/word-of-the-day-brethren/ A First Things Blog Mon, 20 May 2013 23:25:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Chas http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/2012/12/11/word-of-the-day-brethren/comment-page-1/#comment-83194 Chas Wed, 12 Dec 2012 05:05:24 +0000 http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/?p=52844#comment-83194 Down here in the South you might just hear someone address a crowd with: Brethren and Sistren….

]]> By: peg http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/2012/12/11/word-of-the-day-brethren/comment-page-1/#comment-83148 peg Tue, 11 Dec 2012 21:54:51 +0000 http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/?p=52844#comment-83148 “Then there’s the childish bring, brang, brung…”

Herezit:

Song she sang to me
Song she brang to me
Words that rang in me
Rhyme that sprang from me

—Neil Diamond, “Play Me”

]]> By: Economy of Expression: ‘Brethren’ vs. ‘Brothers and Sisters’ » First Thoughts | A First Things Blog http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/2012/12/11/word-of-the-day-brethren/comment-page-1/#comment-83147 Economy of Expression: ‘Brethren’ vs. ‘Brothers and Sisters’ » First Thoughts | A First Things Blog Tue, 11 Dec 2012 21:52:00 +0000 http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/?p=52844#comment-83147 [...] of our brethren, Anthony Esolen, has written to extol that old-fashioned word, brethren. His comments have relevance for that increasingly complicated [...]

]]> By: Tony Esolen http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/2012/12/11/word-of-the-day-brethren/comment-page-1/#comment-83128 Tony Esolen Tue, 11 Dec 2012 20:09:32 +0000 http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/?p=52844#comment-83128 Hello Michael,

Actually, that isn’t so, strictly speaking. A lot of weak verbs have done some weightlifting and have gotten half-strong: dove, strove, hidden, sown, proven …

Then there’s the childish bring, brang, brung …

But I’m anticipating an entry to come …

]]> By: Michael PS http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/2012/12/11/word-of-the-day-brethren/comment-page-1/#comment-83110 Michael PS Tue, 11 Dec 2012 18:01:08 +0000 http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/?p=52844#comment-83110 Has it ever struck you as curious that we no longer coin strong verbs, like swim, swam, swum, but only weak ones in -ed?

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