Talk:wherefore

German translation

Section added. —Nils von Barth (nbarth) (talk) 20:22, 22 November 2010 (UTC)

On the topic of the German translation of "wherefore," what about "wovor," which when you break it into its component parts has the meaning of "where" and "fore?" It also has the greater meaning of "for what," or "because of what." Just a thought. — This unsigned comment was added by 66.207.67.33 (talk).

“Why” incomplete translation

Section added. —Nils von Barth (nbarth) (talk) 20:22, 22 November 2010 (UTC)

An extended discussion on http://www.enotes.com/shakespeare-quotes/o-romeo-romeo-wherefore-art-thou-romeo suggests assuming "wherefore == why" to be at best incomplete. Maybe it has merit and the definition would gain from being revised ?

Thanks for the reference!

The distinction the source makes is between “why = from what cause (past)” vs. “why = for what purpose (future)”, and argue that in this context, it is better interpreted as “for what purpose” [Why do you go on being a Montague you fool!] which is an interesting point to make.

However, I am not convinced by the interpretation – rather than a genuine question, it sounds like a rhetorical wailing “Oh why oh why is the world the way it is?” – compare “why did my dog have to get run over?” While one could gloss this (“for what cosmic purpose do bad things happen”, that seems excessive.

—Nils von Barth (nbarth) (talk) 20:30, 22 November 2010 (UTC)

RFV discussion

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Rfv-sense - verb. Can anyone understand the definition? SemperBlotto 22:06, 21 January 2011 (UTC)

Speedy delete. It seems like tosh, and the putative quotation is by an author whose name doesn't get even one Google-hit. —Ruakh_TALK 22:48, 21 January 2011 (UTC)

Speedily deleted, WT:BJAODN seems to be the place for this. Mglovesfun (talk) 12:16, 22 January 2011 (UTC)

Because of which

The second example starts a paragraph or even text, so what is this conjunction referring back to? --Backinstadiums (talk) 17:15, 5 December 2019 (UTC)