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LaraMN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-17-09 01:42 PM
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How the eff does "post haste" not = "after you hurry"?
Wtf?
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kentauros Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-17-09 01:46 PM
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1. Perhaps it has something to do with Latin
so that would be translated with the words swapped, or "hurry after". Like, "Hurry after that bus or you'll miss it!" :P
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LaraMN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-17-09 04:30 PM
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2. That's just too much thinking.
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JustABozoOnThisBus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-17-09 06:31 PM
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3. Maybe the haste of the postal service
or what we wish would be the haste of the postal service.

:hi:
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LaraMN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-17-09 07:12 PM
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4. Ohh! The Postal Service!
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hippywife Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-17-09 07:22 PM
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5. Just because it doesn't?
:shrug:

http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=posthaste


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