cross-road(s)
Just heard on the BBC (spoken by a British journalist):"...it seems the country is at a cross-road."Now I would say: "the country is at a cross-roads" - and so do the three dictionaries I've...
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No, OED1 gives cross-road; in fact, it's the main entry for the term, adding also called cross-roads. (This is for the second sense, the place where two roads cross each other. The first is, A road...
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This is for the second sense, the place where two roads cross each other. The first is, A road crossing another.Say what?Sounds like two different descriptions of the same thing.Is an X one line...
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There is a distinction, daffy, albeit a nice one.The first sense has reference to a road which crosses another; the second to the place where two roads cross.There is a third attributive sense given,...
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Eric-Clapton's Lyrics - Crossroads LyricsBy Robert johnsonI went down to the crossroads, fell down on my knees.I went down to the crossroads, fell down on my knees.Asked the lord above for mercy,...
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I think the BBC announcer should have said that "the country is at a fork in the road", personally. Cross-roads give you three options.
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Actually, assuming you're talking about forks for eating, most of the ones I've seen have 4.
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You're probably right. I should have said 'at least'.Christian Morgenstern wrote an amusing poem about the man who invented the one-tined fork, but it's not on the Web, alas.
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let's not forget the runcible spoon (we've discussed it here before but I can't find it).
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I don't think there's any such poem by Christian Morgenstern. Did you mean Erich Kstner's poem "Die Fabel von Schnabels Gabel"? That one's definitely about a guy who invented a one-tined fork.
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