to put up with

[Philip Hudson]

Good Doctor: Do you use phrases as Goodwords? I would like to suggest: "to put up with".

I teach ESL. In class, I mentioned that my wife had to put up with me. My students asked me to define "toputupwith", which they took to be one word. I was almost at a loss. I asked if they knew the word tolerate. To my relief, they all did. My reputation remained unsullied.

Is this story truth or fiction? An underling gave Winston Churchill a reprimand for using a preposition to end a sentence with. Sir Winston replied, “This is the sort of insubordination up with which I shall not put.”

[Slava]

Is this story truth or fiction? An underling gave Winston Churchill a reprimand for using a preposition to end a sentence with. Sir Winston replied, “This is the sort of insubordination up with which I shall not put.”

I've always seen this one as "pedantry" not "insubordination."

As to phrases, a nice site is www.phrases.org.uk , though the one you're looking for isn't there as yet.

[Perry Lassiter]

I heard it as "nonsense." This is nonsense, up with which I will not put.

[Philip Hudson]

Slava,
I think it might have been pedantry. I have been called pedantic by more than one person.

[Dr. Goodword]

Phil,

This is a phrase, not a word. Tolerate is a synonymous word. Do you want to suggest that?

[Philip Hudson]

The Good Dr. Goodword:

Yes, I would like to see '"tolerate" as a Goodword. It has such a rich definition that only you can do it justice.

I didn't think you did phrases, but I had to ask.

I am grateful for this forum. I was on another forum recently and, because my opinion was counter to that of the forum owner, I got thoroughly trounced or, as the younger generation says, dissed. Here we can let our hair down in a friendly way and we may get comeuppances, but always with respect.

[Slava]

For phrases, you'll want to look here: http://www.phrases.org.uk/index.html

[Philip Hudson]

Slava: Thanks for the reference.