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Misuse of Language/Creeping Americanisms.
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CMD. Whilst I thought it was about Cameron, I guessed it was short for **** of Mass Destruction.
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i thought that was DC?
My personal inverse-favourite is "Leverage" used in the non-application of force to a pivot via a lever context. Grrrrr.
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Monetize and Utilize are pulling our pubes at the moment.
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I like elfin's insistance of using the word 'bin' rather than 'been'. Has anyone pulled him up on it yet? Hope not.
fair enough. i can't see the point in putting in the effort to type every word differently cos i want to be different... its not like anyone doesn't know where he comes from
Why does anyone think my Elfinisms are in any way 'colloquial'? There are a few, like 'cah' and 'vayn', but so what? I also use words like 'owt', which is a Northern thing. Loads onhere use regional colloquialisms, what's the problem?
And how on Earth can anyone get offended and all worked up over it?? Why does it bother some people so much? I just don't get that.
Some of you need to drink less coffee
Once again, Emsz is right. Chill out...
It really does not in any way matter how people type as long as you understand them, surely?
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Monetize
I genuinely don't get what that one means.
What does it mean?
Here's my interpretation, through the medium of French Impressionist painting:
I hope you like it.
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Yunki - ulcers and piles?
You've got Pulcers.
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That helps although i think it refers to people trying to make money out of something that is in effect hard to make money from.
Like Twitter or similar... or free flash games maybe.
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what's the problem?
I genuinely find it distracting and awkward to read. It trips up the eye and breaks the flow of what you're saying; it's like watching a period drama and seeing a pocket calculator in the background, your brain goes "wait, what?" for a moment.
It might just be me, I don't know. I don't have the same problem with regionalisms generally, 'owt' and 'wee' and suchlike, perhaps because they're words in their own right rather than regular words spelt differently for no discernible reason?
I don't think it's specifically the London twang either; it's the difference between me typing "have you got owt for tea?" and "asti gorrowt fer tay?"
I think, anyway.
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I think I prefer my interpretation tbh.
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So sad, the aasumption that change is inevitable, good or not to be challenged.
Anyway what p**** me off is the use of Sea Bass on menus.
We don't have fresh water Bass so all are sea bass.
Also can you fry any other way but in a pan? So why "pan fried"?Posted 5 months ago # -
And not only that, right, but you get diffrunt sorts of payns;
Saucepayns, Frying payns, erm, woks...
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Monetize
It's quite an old word really, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, and means to express in the form of currency.
late 19th century: from French monétiser, from Latin moneta 'money'
It's not an Americanism.
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I think I prefer my interpretation tbh
I am not a religious man but i wish to god it was a photoshop filter like what you have suggested.
Sadly we are not that lucky.
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jon1973 - Member
Monetize
It's quite an old word really, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, and means to express in the form of currency.
late 19th century: from French monétiser, from Latin moneta 'money'
It's not an Americanism.
Is it just that spelling it with a Zee
makes it look like one?
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Thanks for that Jon. Still bugs though.
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Is it just that spelling it with a Zee makes it look like one?
It's not just an American thing, it's words with Latin roots that use the z. The Americans have just retained it more that other English speaking countries. English is such a mix of different languages, you're bound to get variations. It is just evolution - you can't dictate how people use the language, cos it's a living thing really.
We'll all b using txt spk in 20 yrs time. imho.
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I genuinely find it distracting and awkward to read. It trips up the eye and breaks the flow of what you're saying; it's like watching a period drama and seeing a pocket calculator in the background, your brain goes "wait, what?" for a moment.
It might just be me, I don't know. I don't have the same problem with regionalisms generally, 'owt' and 'wee' and suchlike, perhaps because they're words in their own right rather than regular words spelt differently for no discernible reason?
I quite like that as an explanation.
Words are only spelt as they are cos someone wrote them down like that once. And then other people agreed that maybe a particular word should be spelt like that. And how many words are actually diffrunt to their original spelling?
Take the word 'home', frinstance. Now Sottish folk will know that this word can be pronounced 'hyem'. Many actually do. That's because it's originally a Norse word, hjem, what's bin corrupted over time to become 'home'. Lots of things were probbly spelt diffrunt to dissacociate them from the culture from whence they came. Certainly, a lot of English words were 'Frenchified' by ponces wanting to look all posh an ting. And some poncy types still use French words to try to appear posh, dun't they?
Language is a marvellous, organic, living thing. Embrace it, don't be frightened of it...
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We'll all b using txt spk in 20 yrs time. imho.
Not whilst I've got a hole in my arse we won't.
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And then other people agreed that maybe a particular word should be spelt like that.
And where would we be if we didn't have rules? France. </Al Murray>
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Not whilst I've got a hole in my arse we won't.
Well, me neither, but if you see other forums (IMDB, is a good example) which aren't frequented by middle-aged IT professionals, the rot has set it, and it's not going to change. We'll all sound like someone out of a Dickens novel to them.
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Anyway what p**** me off is the use of Sea Bass on menus.
We don't have fresh water Bass so all are sea bass.Er, there are freshwater bass
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...and the double bass, of course.
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...and Nicki Minaj has super bass.
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Sry Cougar, jst trtd a ptnt who filled his colostomy bag.... h8 to think that may be any 1 of us in 20yrs time!
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comparing the spellings of every word in four leading American dictionaries
There's the problem. OED FTW.
I use " can I get/ can I have" all the time. So what!
Young Lady, the person behind the counter does the getting (that is what they are paid for, it's not self-service). Now go and think about what you have done!
spelling it with a Zee
It's ZED, I despair. Country's going to the dogs, what!Posted 5 months ago # -
don't you mean dogz?
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