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Post by kerouac2 on Jul 2, 2020 6:03:45 GMT
That is just vile. And sexist.
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Post by questa on Jul 2, 2020 13:49:02 GMT
Not sexist, I should have said situation, not problem. 'She' is used like one uses it for a ship or the expression "She's apples"..."everything is OK." It is mainly used to comment on positive things.
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Post by casimira on Jul 31, 2020 19:36:22 GMT
paradigm
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Post by kerouac2 on Aug 27, 2020 17:02:26 GMT
I am so sick of the term "family friendly." Whatever happened to words like obscene or vulgar?
And not all families are the same. Who is deciding what families should see, hear or read in the first place?
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Post by bixaorellana on Aug 27, 2020 17:50:33 GMT
If a person is writing a review, it seems that person should take the time to be specific. "Family friendly" might mean nothing over the top in terms of sex or violence, but it could also mean "appealing only to the under-10 age group". Instead of the bouncy, nearly meaningless "family friendly", why not specify "enjoyable for all ages" or "sensitively handled adult themes make this appropriate for even younger teens".
Moving on, here's one that makes me grit my teeth: influencer
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Post by lagatta on Aug 27, 2020 22:54:19 GMT
Paradigm has specific meanings www.lexico.com/definition/paradigm and I often get the impression that many using expressions such as "paradigm shift" don't know them. Oxford's lexico is very useful for quick checks. It comes in UK/world English and US English, and has a dictionary and thesaurus. There is also some info about Spanish, mostly for beginners, but also useful for quick checks. Reverso context is also a very useful tool.
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Post by lagatta on Sept 3, 2020 13:39:29 GMT
One word I can't abide is the perfectly good word "journey", used not to describe travel but processes such as "my weight-loss journey" or "my journey towards self-love and acceptance", in a thoroughly "woo" context.
Of course "woo" is another horrid word, if it is a word. Not in the sense of courting a love...
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Post by kerouac2 on Sept 3, 2020 13:42:40 GMT
I certainly agree about the journeys but I guess people think that it sounds to much nicer than, say, "process" or things like that.
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Post by bjd on Sept 3, 2020 14:26:55 GMT
I've never seen "woo" used the way Lagatta did in 216. Not sure what it's supposed to mean. I must be missing out because I refuse to read any articles about journeys towards self-love and other navel-gazing.
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Post by kerouac2 on Sept 3, 2020 14:40:33 GMT
Ah, so it's your journey to avoidance of pop phrases!
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Post by lagatta on Sept 3, 2020 15:04:18 GMT
Unfortunately, a close friend, who is an intelligent and well-read person, has fallen under the spell of a self-appointed holistic therapist who sends this friend's friends such crap, and worse still, is making a lot of money on their credulity. There is some actually useful exercise involved, but she is also a purveyor of a lot of the crap I hate as much as bjd does. Friend has a good pension, but I hate to see her waste $$$ she could use for more useful things. Here is the lexico (online Oxford) definition of woo - or "woo woo": www.lexico.com/definition/woo-wooCats and dogs never worry about self-love, but they look very happy basking in the sun.
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Post by casimira on Sept 4, 2020 12:39:35 GMT
The journey(ing) thing makes me nuts too.
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Post by tod2 on Sept 4, 2020 16:26:23 GMT
This might have been brought to the fore, but I really hate to read that a deceased person has passed away after "a long battle" with XXXXX. When a person goes into battle you become acutely aware of 'Fatigues', guns and worse. Not lying very quietly in a hospital or bed at home , then passing on to Nature. Fighting for ones life - you mean the doctors and nurses are doing their very best to keep you alive.
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Post by bixaorellana on Sept 4, 2020 18:21:03 GMT
It may have been touched on before, Tod, but it's worth saying again. One of the things that annoys me about it is what a lazy way it is to honor the deceased person. Also, does it imply that there are other lesser human beings who just lie down and die without "battling" whatever it is that kills them?
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Post by casimira on Sept 9, 2020 13:55:04 GMT
vacay
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Post by lagatta on Sept 9, 2020 13:58:24 GMT
Yes, horrors.
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Post by casimira on Sept 9, 2020 14:03:33 GMT
Baby talk and jibberish. I cringe when I see or hear it.
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Post by onlyMark on Sept 9, 2020 14:55:53 GMT
Ahh diddums.
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Post by bixaorellana on Sept 9, 2020 17:56:01 GMT
Oh gawd yes! I won't buy a cookbook that uses "veggies". And I have noticed that people now think that "comfy" is a real word.
There are a couple of baby talk words used in my immediate family, but they're used somewhat ironically and don't escape to the outside world.
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Post by questa on Sept 10, 2020 0:56:32 GMT
Sorry, Ladies, We are programmed to talk to babies in high frequency, repetitive, simple syllables, non-meaningful language. So are most primates. Babies are more receptive to high tones...grandma's voice vs grandfather's. Simple sounds repeated encourages the baby to try her vocal skills. When someone engages the baby to make these sounds, they will be showing a soft smiling face which is rewarding to the baby and encourages more social development. I wish I could cite the studies, they are probably in Google. As for understanding...we all knew exactly what Mark meant by Ahh Diddums. In my house it was 'Diddums wumpsie'
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Post by bixaorellana on Sept 10, 2020 2:42:51 GMT
I believe Casimira was talking about baby talk spoken by adults to adults, at least that's the way I took it.
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Post by bjd on Sept 10, 2020 6:12:53 GMT
Sorry,Questa, but whatever the studies told you, I never used "babytalk" to speak to my children. I knew from the start that they would be bilingual so always spoke to them with normal words. They didn't need extra made-up words when they could learn the "real" word for something.
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Post by onlyMark on Sept 10, 2020 7:06:51 GMT
Any small children I've kidnapped and put into slavery I've always spoken to in a normal voice. Their language skills, though usually restricted to 'Yes master", don't appear to have suffered.
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Post by patricklondon on Sept 10, 2020 8:59:44 GMT
And I have noticed that people now think that "comfy" is a real word. There was a time when the BBC's story programme for small children would ritually begin with "Are you sitting comfortably? Then I'll begin". That said, I do notice that they manage these days to find some remarkably articulate and grown-up youngsters for quite a range of programmes, so it's not all bad news.
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Post by questa on Sept 10, 2020 10:21:58 GMT
We are programmed to talk to babies in high frequency, repetitive, simple syllables, non-meaningful language. So are most primates. Babies are more receptive to high tones...grandma's voice vs grandfather's. Simple sounds repeated encourages the baby to try her vocal skills. When someone engages the baby to make these sounds, they will be showing a soft smiling face which is rewarding to the baby and encourages more social development. I think I messed up and gave the wrong idea.This was referring to infants in the pre-vocal stage of about 4-5 months old. I agree with you teaching correct words and not baby talk.It is quite a job for a baby to try out through a chain of mim...mom...mams before they get to mum mum and everyone is happy. I am in awe of people who can teach 2 languages to children. How do the children know which language you are using if they don't know the words?
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Post by casimira on Sept 10, 2020 11:43:02 GMT
I believe Casimira was talking about baby talk spoken by adults to adults, at least that's the way I took it. Yes, I thought I made that clear. I've been seeing advertisements for "the perfect vacay".
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Post by lagatta on Sept 10, 2020 13:00:21 GMT
I've also seen t-shirts with vacay! on them. In general I dislike t-shirts with writing, unless it is a team shirt with the team's and the player's names, and baby talk makes them much worse.
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Post by kerouac2 on Sept 10, 2020 13:49:21 GMT
I had never seen the term until it was mentioned here, but even one use of it is overuse.
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Post by onlyMark on Sept 10, 2020 16:02:22 GMT
I am in awe of people who can teach 2 languages to children. How do the children know which language you are using if they don't know the words? Because Mrs M only spoke German to our kids and I only spoke English.
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Post by kerouac2 on Sept 10, 2020 16:07:32 GMT
That is the usual drill for binational families. Everybody says it works perfectly well. And often there is a 3rd language at school. Children are brilliant.
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