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Re: just a little question
Posted By: Darien, on host 140.186.100.133
Date: Tuesday, August 17, 1999, at 23:20:49
In Reply To: Re: just a little question posted by Issachar on Tuesday, August 17, 1999, at 11:00:39:

> > What does mayhap mean?
> >
> > I think I heard someone on here say it before (Darien, maybe) and I have never heard it before, but I just saw it on another web site and I wanted to know.
> >
> > famous
>
> It means "perhaps" or "perchance". It's a contracted form of "may hap", as in "yea verily, it may hap[pen] to rain this eventide." Use it when you're in E-Shakespeare mode.

I don't really have much to add except that it likely was me who used "mayhap;" I just felt as though I should reply since I'm mentioned in the message. :-}

> Iss "E-Rakim & Eric B." achar

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