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Aug 20, 2003 18:21

I do not like to hear my language twisted, however slightly, when the sole motivation of the twister is to sound pretentiously authoritative. Example ( Read more... )

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clararoseliz August 20 2003, 18:56:32 UTC
actually, at target we called pulling forward, "zoning" or.. sometimes when we were feeling cheeky, "covering the diamonds"

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samschoiceus August 23 2003, 13:02:03 UTC
See. Even in retail the diction is not definitive.

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elruspersley August 21 2003, 07:33:28 UTC

but, but, i'm more partial to tsar than czar. it gives it a little emmmph at the beginning when spoken, and makes me feel all warm and russiany inside.
to tell you the truth, my ideal linguistic identity would be identical to the characters from ol' yeller or the yearling. i would replace "tobacco" with "tobakky", "maybe i will" with "i reckon", and refer to anything alive as "critter". i already have begun my transition. who's excited??

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elruspersley August 21 2003, 07:41:30 UTC
oh, and another thing. would you agree with me that expatriate is a beautiful word, especially when italicized? thoughts.

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samschoiceus August 23 2003, 13:04:08 UTC
Expatriate isn't my favorite. I can see patriot in it, and I've heard that word far too often.

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samschoiceus August 23 2003, 13:03:12 UTC
I'm excited. But keep in mind that all distances must now be boiled down to being a "good piece" away.

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singoncetome August 21 2003, 09:04:31 UTC
i loved reading that orwell essay in class last year. it's great.

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samschoiceus August 23 2003, 13:07:28 UTC
I don't believe we read it while I was in high school. I think I had Readplease read it to me before I zonked out in bed.

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Why Yer Daft! spudinski August 21 2003, 12:30:23 UTC
Plan-O-Gram is a st-upid made-up wor-d. Chortled and Lilliputian are good recently-fabricated words. I like hyphens.

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Re: Why Yer Daft! samschoiceus August 23 2003, 13:05:46 UTC
Lilliputian isn't very new.

[Mid-18th century. From the name of the imaginary country of Lilliput in Gulliver’s Travels (1726) by Jonathan Swift, whose people were only 15 cm./6 in. high.]

Or so says MSN's dictionary.

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Re: Why Yer Daft! spudinski August 23 2003, 20:44:45 UTC
I am aware.

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yep yep thesaucywench August 21 2003, 17:43:04 UTC
the orwell is good. glad you brought it some attention.

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