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The film "Canadian Bacon" has a (subjectively) hilarious scene where one Canadian Mountie corrects another for using "return from whence you came" instead of "r
by 0xfaded 6y ago
The film "Canadian Bacon" has a (subjectively) hilarious scene where one Canadian Mountie corrects another for using "return from whence you came" instead of "return whence you came".
But alas, it seems "from whence" has been in established use since the 1800s.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/is-from-whence-wrong https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/is-from-whence...
- Jedd 6y agoOh, thank you for the heads-up. I'm moderately happy with 1800s onwards -- but would be absolutely delighted to a adopt an earlier, more legitimate (prestigious? : ) form. (Earlier today I briefly railed at someone on a podcast uttering 'a myriad of'.)