Subj : Re: Submarine Deaths
To   : Ogg
From : Adept
Date : Tue Jul 04 2023 14:59:23

 Og>  pF> Like Home-bound.
 Og> I thought that was house-bound.  And from where I come from,  
 Og> that means limited or restricted within one's home.  Where-as  
 Og> your example means "on the way home".

I do think that it comes from, "I'm homeward bound", and people shortened it to "homebound", but I see that if you look at the lyrics for A Thousand Miles by Vanessa Carlton (which I guess I hadn't heard of, but evidently have heard the song), she uses "homebound" in this sense.

But I'm sure Poindexter Fortran uses it in both senses. I'm not sure if I use it _at all_, though I do remember church things, e.g. pastor visitation or caroling, where there was mention of people that were homebound.

But, yeah, I imagine that context is generally fairly clear on whether or not a person is already home.

Still, etymology and linguistics are fun.

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