Talk:whate'er

RFV discussion: October–December 2012

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whate'er

--WikiTiki89 12:05, 23 October 2012 (UTC)

Easily citable [1]. Probably the others also. SpinningSpark 15:30, 23 October 2012 (UTC)

• Um...clearly widespread use? Did you even try a basic Google search? Ƿidsiþ 15:35, 23 October 2012 (UTC)

  If it's so easy then do it so I can close this case. --WikiTiki89 15:59, 23 October 2012 (UTC)

  You are making unnecessary work for people by listing words that are immediately found in quantity with a gbooks search. I think you will find that Ƿidsiþ was quoting the CFI, that is, the word does not need citations for verification. You could add citations yourself if you are so concerned that it does not have any. SpinningSpark 16:16, 23 October 2012 (UTC)

• Widespread use in 19th cenutry and older poetry. DCDuring TALK 16:38, 23 October 2012 (UTC)

  So can I mark them as archaic then? --WikiTiki89 16:41, 23 October 2012 (UTC)

  Sure. Poetic contractions are from the time when poets adhered strictly to meter. Other contractions are from reported speech or from trying to save 'ink' or 'keystrokes', really time, IMO. DCDuring TALK 17:11, 23 October 2012 (UTC)

  I would say {{archaic|or|poetic}} or something rather than just {{archaic}}. - -sche (discuss) 18:15, 23 October 2012 (UTC)

  What about {{archaic|poetic}}? or do you really want that "or"? --WikiTiki89 18:29, 23 October 2012 (UTC)

  I'd prefer "or", because I expect the forms are still used by some poets and songwriters. I've found a modern citation of where'er; I'm trying to find one of whate'er. - -sche (discuss) 22:17, 23 October 2012 (UTC)

Kept. - -sche (discuss) 00:06, 18 December 2012 (UTC)