The Grammar and Spelling Thread

[Harovan]

Re: The Grammar and Spelling Thread

Originally posted by SlowwHand
Yonder.
An indicated distance, usually within sight.
As in, "Y'all can hang DanQ in effigy over yonder".

Does anyone know an usage of this word beyond the one described?

[-Jrabbit]

This thread is highly approved.

My pet peeve: people who create false words, then spout them with an air of superiority. A classic example is using "ize" to invent a verb (like "prioritize'). Entire MBA programs are built around such bluster and false professionalism.

NOTE: I'm not against the idea of a growing, evolving language. I just think that it should be driven by an actual need to communicate effectively. What I object to is self-important blowhards who substitute linguistic shortcuts for correct usage.

[notyoueither]

Re: Re: The Grammar and Spelling Thread

Originally posted by Sir Ralph


Does anyone know an usage of this word beyond the one described?

Wild blue yonder?

[Barnabas]

I believe the english langauge needs the word

"distantiate"

As in, Disney has distantiated itself from Mel Gibso after his anti-semitic remarks

[LordShiva]

Originally posted by -Jrabbit
My pet peeve: people who create false words, then spout them with an air of superiority. A classic example is using "ize" to invent a verb (like "prioritize'). Entire MBA programs are built around such bluster and false professionalism.

Also, using "impact" as a verb

[-Jrabbit]

Agreed. The forced change of a word's actual part of speech is similarly obnoxious.

[LordShiva]

Originally posted by Brachy-Pride
I believe the english langauge needs the word

"distantiate"

As in, Disney has distantiated itself from Mel Gibso after his anti-semitic remarks

But it already has "distanced."

[Odin]

People who use "fictitious" instead of "fictional" (yes, I am mocking Michael Moore).

[Barnabas]

Originally posted by LordShiva


But it already has "distanced."

sounds bad


fictitious sounds beter than fictional too

[Tuberski]

Originally posted by Dauphin
Could have, should have, would have, might have etc.

Could've, should've, would've, might've damnit.

Corrected.

ACK!

[Tuberski]

People using "whenever", when they should be using "when".

For example,

People using "whenever", whenever they should be using "when".

Seems to be a South Texas thing.

ACK!

[Barnabas]

I cant make the "th" sound in "thing"



how do you do it?

[LordShiva]

Similar to the sound in "Ibiza" or "Galicia" or "corazon" (the Spanish, not the Mexican, pronunciation).

[Cort Haus]

Originally posted by Brachy-Pride
I cant make the "th" sound in "thing"



how do you do it?

With the tongue resting under the front upper teeth.

[Barnabas]

is the vowel after the th in thing rather nasal?