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Re: General abuse of the English languge
« Reply #15 on: June 08, 2004, 02:36:02 PM »
Or channel the anger into productive energy and use it to devise a plot for world domination, and then have the grammato-apathetic heathens all lobotomized.  Then everyone will be terrorized into learning and using Fuzzyphile communication.  

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Re: General abuse of the English languge
« Reply #16 on: June 08, 2004, 05:01:11 PM »
Fuzzy, I just think you're taking people's reading skills for granite.  
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Re: General abuse of the English languge
« Reply #17 on: June 08, 2004, 05:17:36 PM »
my geology professor always told me not to take schist for granite.
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Re: General abuse of the English languge
« Reply #18 on: June 08, 2004, 05:51:03 PM »
And I'm sure your geology professor thought that was really funny.
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Re: General abuse of the English languge
« Reply #19 on: June 08, 2004, 08:42:17 PM »
I hate bat puns, and those puns are offal.
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Re: General abuse of the English languge
« Reply #20 on: June 08, 2004, 10:05:56 PM »
a trifle forced, but you get points for effort.
However, I bet my half-baked bread puns will get a rise out of you.

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Re: General abuse of the English languge
« Reply #21 on: June 08, 2004, 10:50:07 PM »
Or will my pun make a stunning impression on you?
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Re: General abuse of the English languge
« Reply #22 on: June 08, 2004, 11:35:27 PM »
Oh my cod! That pun had no Sole or Porpoise.
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Re: General abuse of the English languge
« Reply #23 on: June 09, 2004, 12:42:54 AM »
no one commented on my "deep-seeded" :(

Today I learned that "moreso" is not a word. I was very very surprised. It's not even discussed in my usage dictionary!

It's got a 5% hit ratio on google, but many of the "more so" hits I would not replace with "moreso."
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Re: General abuse of the English languge
« Reply #24 on: June 09, 2004, 12:55:45 AM »
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no one commented on my "deep-seeded" :(



But I noticed it.

I was immensely surprised when I learned that "getting your just deserts" uses the word deserts instead of desserts.

I just want to know WHY.
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Re: General abuse of the English languge
« Reply #25 on: June 09, 2004, 09:05:57 AM »
You found it in the dictionary as "deserts"? I want to know why, too. Maybe it has to do with the meaning of "desert" as in an army deserter?
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Re: General abuse of the English languge
« Reply #26 on: June 09, 2004, 09:36:35 AM »
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Meaning  
   The receipt of a fair punishment for ills you have created.  
Origin
   Note the single s in deserts. It is more often given with two as it is pronounced like desserts (the sweet course at the end of a meal) rather than deserts (arid sandy regions). The word originates from the French deservir, meaning deserves - hence the spelling.
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Re: General abuse of the English languge
« Reply #27 on: June 09, 2004, 09:38:30 AM »
I shall Quaff you like a Bug!

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Re: General abuse of the English languge
« Reply #28 on: June 09, 2004, 09:41:29 AM »
One can blame a lot on the French.
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Re: General abuse of the English languge
« Reply #29 on: June 09, 2004, 09:43:10 AM »
Like SE not wearing any pants.

Sorry wrong thread.
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