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Post by patricklondon on Nov 9, 2015 19:17:03 GMT
The "language" thing reminds me of when forecasters say we will be having some "weather" - usually meaning bad weather, as though we never have weather all the time anyway. The father of a school friend used to say, on blustery days, "Large weather for the time of year.."
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Post by bixaorellana on Nov 9, 2015 23:30:48 GMT
But that's a charmingly original phrase, rather than being incorrect!
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Post by questa on Nov 9, 2015 23:46:12 GMT
Recent flooding and storms brought one TV weatherman to say "There is far more weather around than we want" ...
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Post by chexbres on Nov 10, 2015 7:36:06 GMT
Here's one that's always misconstrued - especially on TripAdvisor: scam, scammed Original definition: fraud, swindled But on TA, it is most often used to describe something that happened when somebody did not follow instructions and had to pay a fine - such as not validating Metro passes, not keeping tickets until out of the system, etc. Probably better to use words such as "I screwed up" or "I didn't do my tourist homework", but no - it's always because the Parisian authorities are always "targeting tourists".
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Post by whatagain on Nov 10, 2015 20:20:36 GMT
rip off is the first word I read on TA.
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