Talk:abe

RFV discussion: March–July 2014

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abe

Said to be an intransitive regional British form of "be". Is it really? The commonness of the name "Abe" makes it hard to search for, even for phrases like "to abe with", "to abe in the"... - -sche (discuss) 21:34, 26 March 2014 (UTC)

Three citations added. The OED lists several more, mostly with the spellings "abee" and "a-be". All three citations I've added and all 10 or so in the OED are part of the phrase let abe, so maybe that's what we should have an entry for. —Mr. Granger (talk • contribs) 22:19, 26 March 2014 (UTC)

Yes, I was going to say the same. The OED says "obsolete" for the sense "let alone" (not to mention), and both regional and rare for the sense "desist from". I'd guess that the word might still exist in the Scots language, and hence Scottish English (... any experts here?). I've never heard it in northern England. Dbfirs 22:31, 26 March 2014 (UTC)

Passed. Even if this verb is only used in let abe, its entry should be kept and {{only used in|let abe}} appended to the definition — Ungoliant ^(falai) 18:34, 11 July 2014 (UTC)