Talk:come on home

RFD discussion: June 2019–April 2020
SOP. 2600:1000:B113:1DB8:7D57:6B6:88CA:5247 12:35, 17 June 2019 (UTC)


 * I’m not sure how to parse this collocation. Is it come + on home? If it is a sum of parts, can the parts be used independently, like in return on home? --Lambiam 20:41, 18 June 2019 (UTC)
 * I don't think it's "come + on home". I'd say it's "come on + home". "return on home" does not seem idiomatic. Sense 9 of come on presently reads:
 * To visit.
 * Don't just stand there on the doorstep, come on in!
 * Next time you're in the area, come on by.
 * Don't leave without coming on round to see the baby.
 * You said to come on over whenever I get the chance, and here I am!
 * Come on up to my place on the third floor.
 * Come on down to see me if you're in my neck of the woods.


 * Even though many of the examples given do have a "visit" sense, to me the definition "To visit" seems dubious. Perhaps fixing this could allow us to incorporate "come on home"? I would say that these supposed prepositions are more adverbial. Also, the label "Southern US" seems weird to me. Aren't these expressions universal English? Mihia (talk) 22:26, 18 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Also, is not a preposition – but the “prepositions” in the examples for sense 9 are actually adverbs.  --Lambiam 01:41, 20 June 2019 (UTC)
 * I had a go at fixing the relevant sense of come on, but it is quite hard to define or identify exactly what the word "on" is doing, so if anyone sees a way to improve it, please go ahead. Anyway, the intention is that the new definition should accommodate "come on home", which I have now added as an example. On this basis that this is achieved, I vote delete as SoP for come on home. Mihia (talk) 17:32, 29 June 2019 (UTC)
 * The def "elaboration of come" seems right to me; as for " emphasising motion or progress, or conveying a nuance of familiarity or encouragement" - I really think it is just "encouragement" (based on the common Come on! encouragement). At any rate, that effectively deals with "come one home" as SoP. Perhaps a hard redirect would be best. - Sonofcawdrey (talk) 07:56, 13 July 2019 (UTC)


 * I'd delete: the numerous constructions listed by Mihia above are clearly the same basic thing. Equinox ◑ 17:26, 12 October 2019 (UTC)
 * Deleted - TheDaveRoss  19:12, 2 April 2020 (UTC)