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EddieM
It's not the panto season.
It's not the panto season.
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Bodd
Not been following what is OED?
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Bodd
It means "this is not the thread you're looking for".
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Oxford English Dictionary.
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Just because something is done by a lot of people (like using new words) doesn't make it right. A lot of people are ignoring the lockdown, are they right ?
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Bodd
If they invent a new word for it, yes they are.
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EddieM
I thought that was the strength of the English language, it's fluidity and that is a complete mongrel. Also very illogical.
"The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don’t just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary."
--James D. Nicoll
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If you know any other languages, you'll realise just how logical English is.
Compared to what? Hungarian?
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sodthisforfun
The whole point of language is to communicate. If people are commonly using words, ether new ones or changing the meaning of old ones then yes, it's right. Language has always evolved, moved with the times - just like the people who use them.
I don't know, I'm not familiar with Hungarian, are you?
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EddieM
It's not logical, one of my fav English words is
schadenfreude (deriving pleasure out of someone else's misfortune) Ok obviously it's German, but as we have no equivalent, let's just nick it.
schadenfreude (deriving pleasure out of someone else's misfortune) Ok obviously it's German, but as we have no equivalent, let's just nick it.
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