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#1 2006-05-20 20:32:05

klakritz
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From: Winchester Massachusetts
Registered: 2005-10-25
Posts: 674

'less we forget' for 'lest we forget'

I decided to search for this one after Ben Zimmer posted ‘no love loss’ for ‘no love lost’ on the main website. In both cases, a dropped final ‘t’ subtly modifes the sense of a cliched phrase. About 15,000 ghits vs 2 million. Examples:

It reads, “Less we forget the principles for which they fought and died.” And it was placed there fifty years after the Civil war was over.
community.cnhi.com/groupee/forums/a/tpc/f/55410542/m/368101282/r/661104582


But less we forget, they invest more than 10 times that of companies such as Salesforce.com in R&D …
www.line56.com/articles/default.asp?ArticleID=7392

Less we forget. Civilization in only a veneer over other instincts of mankind. ... Less we forget. Hope for peace, but be prepared to resist savagery.
www.ww2pacific.com/atrocity.html

“Less we forget,” he said, “the ice caps are melting.
www.beyondorganic.com/template/main.php … 032806&t=c

And while we prepare our young people for the world of work we must also prepare them for living, less we forget that we have a life and history of our own
www.belize.gov.bz/pm/speeches/independence_2003.html

UPDATE: Less we forget, Hurricane Alpha killed 26 people while most US citizens were paying more attention to Hurricane Wilma, which killed more than 20, ...
www.cameraontheroad.com/?p=934

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