'pon
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "pon"
English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Compare identically formed Swedish på, Norwegian på, Danish på.
Preposition[edit]
’pon
- Contraction of upon. Often found in expressions such as:
- ’Pon my word, madam, I shall never let you down.
- “’Pon my soul, and gracious me!” she cried.
- 1876, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], chapter 12, in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Hartford, Conn.: The American Publishing Company, →OCLC:
- So he thought over various plans for relief, and finally hit pon that of professing to be fond of Pain-killer.