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Have you considered implementing your new policy without going on about it? That in itself can make it look a little tard-corralish, like seeing a kindergarten teacher talking to her pupils - w/o being able to see the children.
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how does one induce what the germans calling spelling-shame in the froward? i know of no other way than steady application of verbal rolling pin.
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meretricious
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/meretricious this is one of those vocabulary words worth learning because there are certain instances in which it is perfect and no other word will do. |
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Why not just enforce it by tossing those you consider an embarrassment? Cleaner all the way around.
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I can hardly wait to use that in a sentence! That's a good one! Thanks, Alex!
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my main interest in words is for their analytical or comical value. hence my attraction to amplexus: a scientific word unusable except that it means frogfuck, and so, in the right connection, is priceless. you dont use obscure words to be showy, that's cheap; you use them to be funny, because they fit the rythm, or because there's no short, common equivalent i follow mencken's approach - one should always be intelligible and clear. that way anything the reader doesn't understand is on him to look up - and when he does, he is rewarded. he learns something. expands his circle. every word used for a reason, that was how mencken did it. not the same as forcing every word to be a weightlifter, the hemingway approach. writing is partly about producing effects, and that may necessitate set-up, which involves fat, lax, layabout words, the weeds from the humor croc springs irwinward to deliver the bite that delights. |
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Two common word misuses floating around:
"Loose": the opposite of "tight"; substituted for "lose", the opposite of "win". Maybe some people think "lose" rhymes with "rose". "Quite": "very" or "completely", often used in place of "quiet", the opposite of "loud". Only in the South could they stretch this into two syllables (and I say that having a soft spot for Southern accents).
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Richard's statement below expresses a guilty conscious.
No. One is conscious until knocked unconscious. One has a guilty conscience. The medical examiner performed his work conscientiously. GET THEM RIGHT. DEMORONICIZE YOURSELF STAT, TARDNIK. |
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I only point it out 'cause it's so damn ironic.
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Watch your step son, before you end up in Tardville for fuckin' with da boss
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I kind of feel sorry for those who only know one way to spell a word.
I stole that from someone, I can't remember whom, perhaps Mark Twain. Edit: Is that "who" or "whom"? Never could get that one straight. Last edited by Fred Streed; August 18th, 2008 at 07:48 AM. |
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A good rule in this case is if in doubt leave it out, that is, the "m". A decent bookmark for the interested: http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/
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