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Post by mickthecactus on Dec 22, 2022 18:07:36 GMT
The link seems to be all about watches? Or am I missing something?
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Post by bixaorellana on Dec 22, 2022 18:07:44 GMT
Oh gawwwwd. That wasn't ignorance, but bad typing. The shame -- the utter shame!
And yes, you are older by five months and one week. I guess I'll have to show you more respect.
Edited to add that you are missing something. Next to the picture of the watch is the description. Note the last item in it.
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Post by lugg on Dec 22, 2022 20:09:13 GMT
"Comfy" is not a real word, For me comfy is a real word - it has been part of my life always. So has been in use for 60 plus years. its a really comforting word I think.
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Post by bixaorellana on Dec 22, 2022 20:13:12 GMT
That's discomfiting.
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Post by casimira on Dec 23, 2022 16:05:07 GMT
I confess to using "comfy" on occasion.
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Post by bixaorellana on Dec 23, 2022 16:15:15 GMT
I think we all use words like comfy (not "veggie", not ever ) because there is no need to stick to strictly formal English in our daily lives. My objection is to find that more and more it appears that friendly, homey slang is being taken for official, correct usage, leading to some silly and even bizarre writing. In describing an object or a place, there is a subtle but essential difference between comfy and comfortable. And throwing out the word mother for the word mom is not just silly, but stupid. Don't get me started on the substitution of "female" when "woman" is meant.
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Post by casimira on Dec 23, 2022 16:52:39 GMT
It's the transformation of some words into baby jibberish that I find the most offensive with "veggie" being right up there on the top of the list.
I think the age of texting is responsible for some abbreviated words.
In many cases it's inexcusable.
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Post by lugg on Dec 23, 2022 18:47:08 GMT
But on the whole I agree. Maybe there is a difference between the written/ spoken word.
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Post by onlyMark on Dec 23, 2022 19:12:34 GMT
I blame the Australians.
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Post by kerouac2 on Dec 24, 2022 3:29:03 GMT
Maybe the Aussies were bitten by too many mozzies.
Actually I almost accept one simplified word: doxy instead of dachshund because (English speaking) people can't spell it or pronounce it. Not to mention that apparently Germans now use the name Dackel for the dog, which is very close to the French name teckel.
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Post by bixaorellana on Dec 24, 2022 5:02:53 GMT
Um, that's not what doxy means. It is a real word & can even be used in Scrabble.
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Post by kerouac2 on Dec 24, 2022 7:14:28 GMT
I suppose more people spell it doxie.
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Post by bixaorellana on Dec 24, 2022 14:53:25 GMT
I just looked up the correct pronunciation in German & it's fairly close to the American pronunciation of "docksund". But then there were admonitions against saying "dashind" or "dash-hound". Who says that?! Here it's "salsicha" for dachshund which is way better than the way French poodle gets mangled, my favorite being "fresh pool". I think the age of texting is responsible for some abbreviated words. Maybe, but terms such as "ty" don't get used in speaking in place of "thank you". I sometimes frequent a huge book forum that appears to be mostly made up of younger people. It's surprising and heartening to hear them rage against incorrect usage of words and to blame it on people not reading. That does go a long way to explain how a slang abbreviation would come to be accepted as an actual word, or why the -ed ending is increasingly being dropped in the written word. It doesn't explain people who always default to cutesiness with words such as "kiddos" or "doggos", though.
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Post by kerouac2 on Dec 24, 2022 15:07:54 GMT
I wonder if all of the young texters know there are abbreviations that predate "their" inventions (FYI, ASAP, TGIF etc.).
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Post by onlyMark on Dec 24, 2022 15:37:26 GMT
One thing about German is how literal it is. I don't like much about the language, it is quite fitting to the thread that many words I hate, but often I'm given a clue as to what a word means if I parse it. In this case a Dachshund is a 'badger dog' - though that's not always the case.
E.g. -Stinktier – stink animal (skunk) Faultier – lazy animal (sloth) Gürteltier – belt animal (armadillo) Murmeltier – mumbling animal (groundhog) Schnabeltier – beak animal (platypus) Maultier – mouth animal (mule) Trampeltier – trampling animal (bactrian camel). (The verb trampeln means to trample or tread upon, whereas the noun Trampel is a clumsy oaf.) Schildkröte – shield toad (tortoise) Waschbär – wash bear (raccoon) Nacktschnecke – naked snail (slug) Fledermaus – flutter mouse (bat) Seehund – sea dog (seal) Tintenfisch – ink fish (squid)
My favourite - Truthahn – threatening chicken (turkey).
Schweinswal – pig whale (porpoise) Seeschwein – sea pig (dugong). Seekuh, or sea cow, known in English as a manatee. Stachelschwein – spike pig (porcupine). Wasserschwein – water pig (capybara) Meerschweinchen – ocean piglet (guinea pig).
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Post by onlyMark on Dec 24, 2022 15:43:51 GMT
In Whatsapp conversations with my daughters (both 23) they hate when I write 'ok' and not 'okay'. They think I am being terse and short with them. Well, they did until I asked them about it and realised they didn't know ok predated okay by a long time. Also I seem to be making a faux pas by using a thumbs up emoji. Again, too terse and I should be using a double thumbs up as it is nicer.
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Post by kerouac2 on Dec 24, 2022 16:17:24 GMT
Truthahn is indeed delightful. Schweinswal is unfair.
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Post by mickthecactus on Dec 24, 2022 17:13:02 GMT
Over here it seems to be daxund rather than dox
Or sausage dog.
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Post by kerouac2 on Dec 24, 2022 18:49:10 GMT
"dashind" or "dash-hound". Who says that?! That's what I heard people say when I was little. I think "doxie" arrived in the 70s.
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Post by bixaorellana on Dec 24, 2022 19:27:11 GMT
Must have been the Gulf breezes that addled them.
Just looked this up: Italians avoid the pronunciation problem by saying "bassotto".
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Post by casimira on Jan 8, 2023 14:17:49 GMT
Twice this a.m. I heard the word newbie being used. CRINGE!!!!
What's wrong with novice or novel? I suppose neophyte would be too much to ask people to learn and or use.
It seems more and more that the proper words most of us learned are falling by the wayside and younger generations are being thrust into a whole new usage of the English language. (I had 4 years of Latin so for me I was able to utilize the root and origins of words and remain keen on learning new and unique ways of expressing myself.)
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Post by kerouac2 on Jan 8, 2023 16:07:19 GMT
I accept newbie when it refers to gamers, but that's about it.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jan 8, 2023 17:49:22 GMT
Twice this a.m. I heard the word newbie being used. CRINGE!!!!That's all part of turning the language into baby talk. Ick. The one I want to go away forever is LOL, which is not even a word. It's a written verbal tic now & it's use can be disconcerting & cause automatic disrespect for the writer. Why in the world would anyone write this: "Who knows where I can buy cheesecloth LOL?"
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Post by onlyMark on Jan 9, 2023 6:27:54 GMT
Neither I particularly hate, but brake and break are not interchangeable. I read far too often, including a BBC article this morning, "It was also remarkably quiet; none of the screeching breaks or roaring engines typical of towns and cities elsewhere."
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Post by bixaorellana on Jan 9, 2023 6:36:37 GMT
It's enough to make you loose your mind.
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Post by kerouac2 on Jan 9, 2023 6:41:55 GMT
Loose is one of the worst mistakes in French, because the word "loser" has entered the vernacular. But it is nearly always written "looser" here because the spelling/pronunciation of the English word is not logical.
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Post by mickthecactus on Jan 9, 2023 10:05:37 GMT
Complimented and complemented are regularly used wrongly.
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Post by casimira on Jan 9, 2023 16:35:52 GMT
Just for fun, some of the words that T. would hear when he was working as an EMT:
"rigor morgus" )Morgus the Magnificent was a popular local TV character} AND "levity" instead of lividity
Another one was "roaches of the liver" instead of cirrhosis of the liver
Then there was "whooplash" and "catching a seizure"
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Post by bixaorellana on Jan 9, 2023 17:56:51 GMT
"Catches a seizure" reminds me of the book about the Hmong child with epilepsy: The Spirit Catches You and Makes You Fall Down.
I imagine many of the people T came in contact with as an EMT were under-schooled, which gives them way more of a pass on saying what they think they heard rather than the proper term.
My gripe is with people who appear never to have read anything, so write down what they think they hear rather than bothering to think about the logic of it or to look it up. That's how the confusion of Mick's example compliment/complement comes about -- people who have no idea those are words with distinct meanings and spellings.
I'm tired now -- going to take a screeching break.
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Post by bjd on Jan 9, 2023 19:04:34 GMT
"Whooplash" is a great word! I can imagine a driver saying 'whoops' just before hitting something and wrecking his/her own or a passenger's neck.
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