Disparage

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Slava
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Disparage

Postby Slava » Wed May 18, 2022 6:52 am

At root, to degrade by marrying below one's station. Used as "to belittle" now.

"Home, home on the range...

Where never is heard
a disparaging word..." :o
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Re: Disparage

Postby bbeeton » Wed May 18, 2022 9:54 am

Except that the version of "Home on the range" that I learned had
"where never is heard a discouraging word", your version works too.

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Re: Disparage

Postby Slava » Wed May 18, 2022 3:40 pm

My version, too. I was just going for using it in a different way. :)
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