Jan 28, 2023 1:37 AM
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Omnimorph2112
Acquiescence to enough people being wrong to make it so they're right is... Well it's just wrong. Slap people and tell them they're wrong.
durandal2
Inflammable means flammable? What a country!
xmaneds
that is one that actually makes sense. one means "burns" and the other one means "catch fire." C4 is flammable but it is not inflammable.
Storm315
Also... 'unravel' and 'ravel' both mean the same thing.
ConsumerOfStories
I'm still mad about cleave, which means both to separate and to join
dynskeet
Old man yells at updated dictionary
DrBlackJack
Updated? Literally has been used as an exaggeration of figuratively for centuries! Even Shakespeare used Literally in that manner!
You could say it's been that way for litteraly forever!
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MrKnowItAll1903
No!
Arkonnos
No
BoogieWoogieWookiee
Nevermind, I know how some of the people around here refuse to educate themselves, so I'm pulling out early. :)
watch out, Jabberwock! one two, one two, and through and through, his vorpal-blade went Snicker-snack !!
if "literally" means "figuratively," then ALL words have NO meaning
dalaiyoda
"literally" has been used as a hyperbolic intensifier since at least the 1800's, by multiple respected authors, yet words still mean things.
Corrodias
Your statement has me chuffed.
no problem for me -- to me, chuffed means one thing and one thing only. :)
Oh, you're still learning the language. Good for you, English is a tough one. What you said is not true, you see.
Crembo
Look up “biweekly”, you’ll be bemused
your comment gave me both primary cancer and also metastasis ! ! :) :)
jdhenry08
Dictionaries don't tell you how words are SUPPOSED to be used, they tell you how they ARE used.
so would you say that "prodigal" means "went away and came back"???? and that "prodigal" has NOTHING to do with "spendthrift" ???
you should have seen my face 4 years ago when "they, them" switched from plural to singular, had to drag me kicking and screaming.
Ah, yes, 4 years ago, in 1375, and common enough in 1998 to be in the Oxford. https://public.oed.com/blog/a-brief-history-of-singular-they
Omnimorph2112
Acquiescence to enough people being wrong to make it so they're right is... Well it's just wrong. Slap people and tell them they're wrong.
durandal2
Inflammable means flammable? What a country!
xmaneds
that is one that actually makes sense. one means "burns" and the other one means "catch fire." C4 is flammable but it is not inflammable.
Storm315
Also... 'unravel' and 'ravel' both mean the same thing.
ConsumerOfStories
I'm still mad about cleave, which means both to separate and to join
dynskeet
Old man yells at updated dictionary
DrBlackJack
Updated? Literally has been used as an exaggeration of figuratively for centuries! Even Shakespeare used Literally in that manner!
DrBlackJack
You could say it's been that way for litteraly forever!
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MrKnowItAll1903
No!
Arkonnos
No
BoogieWoogieWookiee
Nevermind, I know how some of the people around here refuse to educate themselves, so I'm pulling out early. :)
xmaneds
watch out, Jabberwock! one two, one two, and through and through, his vorpal-blade went Snicker-snack !!
xmaneds
if "literally" means "figuratively," then ALL words have NO meaning
dalaiyoda
"literally" has been used as a hyperbolic intensifier since at least the 1800's, by multiple respected authors, yet words still mean things.
Corrodias
Your statement has me chuffed.
xmaneds
no problem for me -- to me, chuffed means one thing and one thing only. :)
Corrodias
Oh, you're still learning the language. Good for you, English is a tough one. What you said is not true, you see.
Crembo
Look up “biweekly”, you’ll be bemused
xmaneds
your comment gave me both primary cancer and also metastasis ! ! :) :)
jdhenry08
Dictionaries don't tell you how words are SUPPOSED to be used, they tell you how they ARE used.
xmaneds
so would you say that "prodigal" means "went away and came back"???? and that "prodigal" has NOTHING to do with "spendthrift" ???
xmaneds
you should have seen my face 4 years ago when "they, them" switched from plural to singular, had to drag me kicking and screaming.
Corrodias
Ah, yes, 4 years ago, in 1375, and common enough in 1998 to be in the Oxford. https://public.oed.com/blog/a-brief-history-of-singular-they