Talk:Achilles' heel

message: Does this article really need the stub tag at the bottom?  While it is short, I can't think of more to say about it, unless we wanted to list every usage of the term or something else like that.  --zandperl 01:44, 23 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm removing the stub tag because I think that you are correct.  -Elizabennet 00:10, 17 September 2006 (UTC)

text: I agree. That's the benefit of having a picture. It makes the concept so much more vivid. Thanks for the feedback. Dr.K. (talk) 22:59, 11 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree about the visual and what is missing is what happens to the body; the side effects of slashed or sliced achilles' tendons? Does it affect stature or the legs?  I believe that is what is wrong with me and yes, it does hurt immensely. 67.160.98.63 (talk) 23:23, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Comments

message: wow  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.226.163.110 (talk) 23:19, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  acheilles 

message: For a good review of how to cure this debilitating condition read "My Achilles Heel: How to Overcome Achilles Tendinopathy" available on Amazon.com  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.26.79.5 (talk) 20:37, 9 November 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Way to sneak in an advertisement! Gwaka Lumpa (talk) 12:34, 15 July 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Curing Achilles tendinosis 

message: So I couldn't help but notice... The title of the page has "Achilles' heel," with an apostrophe after "Achilles"; but, the body of the text (in fact, the very first sentence) omits the apostrophe. Shouldn't this be consistent, one way or the other?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.160.161.181 (talk) 18:28, 19 February 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: 72.198.26.61 (talk) 23:29, 24 November 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Punctuation 

message: "According to a myth arising later, his mother had dipped the infant Achilles in the river Styx,[4] holding onto him by his heel, and he became invulnerable where the waters touched him—that is, everywhere except the areas of his heel that were covered by her thumb and forefinger. It is not clear how the waters of the Styx, which silenced the gods for nine years, could confer immortality; or how Thetis could gain access to them; or how Peleus would accidentally discover the project."
This line is in the article. If found not suitable, please remove that part. 
-- 117.221.226.161 (talk) 16:42, 8 July 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Is it suitable? 

message: Your , replacing "prophesized" with "prophesied", stated that usage experts, whoever they may be, prefer the latter, but failing to supply a reference for your assertion. I  with a reference for "prophesize" in the edit summary and an invitation for you to supply a reference. You have not only undone my reversion without giving the invited reference for your claim, but have  in my editing. At best, this is a failure by you to assume good faith, at worst a personal attack. Please revert the article to the original and perfectly good "prophesized" or give a reference for your claim that 'usage experts consistently prefer "prophesy" and its conjugations to "prophesize"'. Bazza (talk) 16:38, 22 August 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: "Prophesize" is commonly used as a synonym for "prophesy", although some consider prophesize, to be in error. See e.g. The American Heritage Dictionary; Webster's New World College Dictionary. Paul August ☎ 17:52, 22 August 2021 (UTC)
replies: text:  Thanks for that. Is this, then, a WP:ENGVAR thing? In British English there may not have been the confusion stated in your first reference between prophecy and prophesy: we have, for example, -ice (for nouns) and -ise (for verbs), as in licence and license. Bazza (talk) 20:26, 22 August 2021 (UTC)

text: I am sure some people think that "prophesy" (as a verb) is preferable to "prophesize". Others will think the other way round, and this may be a English variation issue. I've been bold and used a common synonym instead (foretold) which I hope will satisfy all. Bazza (talk) 18:53, 24 August 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Prophesized