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Henry_Cowell
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This is one of the most enlightening and entertaining threads I've read in a long time.
Cheers to all!! |
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eclectic
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| Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2007 10:33 pm Post subject: |
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thank you, Sir! And thanks to all the posters who participated.  |
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lozwich
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| Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2007 12:51 am Post subject: |
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By your use of the past tense, eclectic, are you signifying that this thread is now closed?
What are we going to talk about now?? and does it mean I have to do some work now?!?  |
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Guy Courchesne
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| Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2007 1:07 am Post subject: |
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| and does it mean I have to do some work now?!? |
If you were in Mexico, I'd laugh...do they work in Colombia? I'm just up from a siesta... |
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leslie
Joined: 08 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2007 1:44 am Post subject: |
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Bye
Last edited by leslie on Tue Feb 16, 2010 9:34 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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Guy Courchesne
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| Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2007 1:49 am Post subject: |
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| If a usage becomes common, then doesn't it become acceptable after a certain period of time? |
Yes, as with the case of ending a sentence with a preposition. Though it could be a cover for American imperialism.  |
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cangringo
Joined: 18 Jan 2007
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Location: Vancouver, Canada
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| Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2007 2:06 am Post subject: |
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Yes it does eventually become acceptable but does that make it right??
I hope this topic isn't over, I was enjoying it so...
what else, what else should we banish, think people - think - btw thank you for banishing irrigardless, drives me crazy. Also drives me crazy when people axe me a question. There's one more that I can't remember right now.
I see what your saying about "let alone", interesting.
what about albeit...I mean seriously? Wait is that even a sentence... "I mean seriously" Who says that?? |
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Elise9
Joined: 14 Mar 2006
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Location: Celaya, GTO
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What about "presentate" - is this really a word? It used to drive me crazy at university.
The verb is to present is it not? Not to presentate.
I hear so many people use it.
There are many others - but can't think of them right now... |
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Guy Courchesne
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| Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2007 8:13 pm Post subject: |
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I had to read that twice to be sure you weren't talking about the Spanish presentate...
Pronunciate is another that makes my skin crawl... |
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MamaOaxaca
Joined: 03 Jan 2007
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Location: Mixteca, Oaxaca
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| Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2007 10:26 pm Post subject: |
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Why is INXS suddenly going through my head?
Presentate, pronunicate, aliviate, procrastinate, facinate, try not to hate, love your mate, etc etc etc |
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Ben Round de Bloc
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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"Passengers on United Airlines Flight 3456 arriving from Houston will deplane at Gate 26."
It still sounds strange to me. Whenever I hear deplane, I think of Fantasy Island -- Tattoo (Herv� Villechaize) announcing a plane's arrival to Mr. Roarke (Ricardo Montalb�n.) I'm not sure. Can we detrain, debus, and deship/deboat, too? |
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lozwich
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Disembark has always been one of my favourite words (though a long second to gusset). I'm pretty sure you can detrain, and dictionary.com says you can debus, but it looks like deboating is totally impossible!
Detrain is also a weird meterological term too, apparently it means "to transfer air from an organized air current to the surrounding atmosphere". The mind boggles. |
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Ms. Atondo
Joined: 14 Apr 2005
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Location: Back in Canada for now...snackin' on a Pizza Pop
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| Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2007 9:46 pm Post subject: Re: Unthaw the meat |
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| If a usage becomes common, then doesn't it become acceptable after a certain period of time? |
One word...."alot"
C r a p , make that two words.
I personally, think that "alot" should be perfectly acceptable by now even though it is very wrong.
Alot, noun: meaning many or bunch of. I have alot of bananas.
What's so wrong with that? |
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Henry_Cowell
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| Posted: Sun Feb 11, 2007 8:26 am Post subject: |
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Lotta allotted a lot of bananas to Lot.
Why would you want to combine the indefinite article "a" with "lot" into a single word?
I can't think of a single English word in which the article "a" has been combined with its noun. Can you? The prefix "a-" has other meanings.
What would be the point -- other than to accommodate the poor spelling of most native speakers? |
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Ms. Atondo
Joined: 14 Apr 2005
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Location: Back in Canada for now...snackin' on a Pizza Pop
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| Posted: Sun Feb 11, 2007 4:51 pm Post subject: |
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What would be the point -- other than to accommodate the poor spelling of most native speakers? |
I say create a whole new rule! Then it wouldn't be breaking one. Confuse the masses, accomodate poor spellers. |
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