張宜惇 (makeone) wrote, @ 2003-08-28 11:23:00

ye olde english grammar/ laugh of the morning
this is so funny. the latest (at the time of this posting) post in Slashdot is titled "OpenLindows.com: Wherefore art Thou?". A lot of the replies/comments to this post ended up not even being about the main topic. it's because the first guy to reply instead made a comment about the author's wrong use of "wherefore". it's supposed to mean "why", not "where" (hey i dont know these things. i'm just posting.).
the guy said, "Wherefore" means "why," not "where." When Shakespeare wrote, "Wherefore art thou Romeo?" he was saying, "Why are you 'Romeo?'" As in, "Why did you have to be born the son of my father's enemy?"
and then after that people just started discussing "wherefore"/"why". nuts nuts.

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