Pet Peeves?
Jan 25th 2016 | 1:31 am
#6901
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From: Fox Lake, IL (from Carrickfergus NI)
Re: Pet Peeves?
It doesn't make sense though, in the way it's applied. They'd call a meal 'healthful' for example, when it isn't really full of health. It's healty, thus making the person who eats it 'full of health'.
That being said, I don't hear that one as much as I hear irregardless, so it flies below the radar.
Jan 25th 2016 | 1:41 am
#6903
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Jan 25th 2016 | 1:43 am
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Re: Pet Peeves?
..... It doesn't make sense though, in the way it's applied. They'd call a meal 'healthful' for example, when it isn't really full of health. It's healty, thus making the person who eats it 'full of health'.
That being said Irregardless, I don't hear that one as much as I hear irregardless, so it flies below the radar.
Jan 25th 2016 | 1:47 am
#6905
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Jan 25th 2016 | 2:07 am
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Re: Pet Peeves?
That's another Mirriam Webster word
It doesn't make sense though, in the way it's applied. They'd call a meal 'healthful' for example, when it isn't really full of health. It's healty, thus making the person who eats it 'full of health'.
That being said, I don't hear that one as much as I hear irregardless, so it flies below the radar.
It doesn't make sense though, in the way it's applied. They'd call a meal 'healthful' for example, when it isn't really full of health. It's healty, thus making the person who eats it 'full of health'.
That being said, I don't hear that one as much as I hear irregardless, so it flies below the radar.
Jan 25th 2016 | 2:32 am
#6909
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Jan 25th 2016 | 3:10 am
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Re: Pet Peeves?
It probably wasn't stupid in its time, but the issue is making (or reinstating) a word where a fully-functioning one is already established, for no particular reason. The leads to ambiguity. Similarly, using only one variant where both have specific meanings, eg program and programme. "Alien" is another example: it was perfectly correct and unambiguous when it used to be displayed at airports in place of "foreigner", but the dumbing-down of the language by, largely, Americans forced a change. It's the cult of dumb-down and make unnecessary change rather than educate and retain what is clear.
I was told yesterday I had nice pants on, but I let it pass.
I was told yesterday I had nice pants on, but I let it pass.
Jan 25th 2016 | 5:36 am
#6911
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Re: Pet Peeves?
It probably wasn't stupid in its time, but the issue is making (or reinstating) a word where a fully-functioning one is already established, for no particular reason. The leads to ambiguity. Similarly, using only one variant where both have specific meanings, eg program and programme. "Alien" is another example: it was perfectly correct and unambiguous when it used to be displayed at airports in place of "foreigner", but the dumbing-down of the language by, largely, Americans forced a change. It's the cult of dumb-down and make unnecessary change rather than educate and retain what is clear.
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Regarding Programme/Program; surely, it's a matter of UK vs US spelling, plain and simple. Here in the US, 'program' is used exclusively, and in UK, 'programme' is used exclusively, at least in my experience.
Jan 25th 2016 | 6:05 am
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