wither, whither
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Re: wither, whither
I've distinguished the two in a way that now makes me think it must be too simple to be correct: "Wither" is what my tomatoes on the vine do when they've not been watered often enough, while "whither" is a fancy-dancy way of conveying the concept of "wherever" in a manner containing too much treacle and not enough plain-speaking.
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Re: wither, whither
You're spot on, David. Whither is "to where", as in "whither goest thou?" Wither is what a lot of plants are doing this time of year in my neck of the woods. They wither and die.
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