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Just because people use the word "orientate" doesn't mean it's an actual word.
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I am pretty sure that is in fact how language works
Yep, language evolution in action. I’m a bit of a pedant when it comes to words and grammar, I know that the correct word is “orient”, but even I find myself using orientate quite often, because it flows better and fits with the pattern of other, similar words (annotate/annotation, vacate, placate, etc.). And of all the crimes against language that have been brought up in this thread, it’s definitely one of the lesser ones!
Zed wrote: *All statements reflect my opinion at this moment. if some sort of pretty new model gets released (or if I change my mind at random) I reserve the right to jump on any bandwagon at will.
Just because people use the word "orientate" doesn't mean it's an actual word.
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I am pretty sure that is in fact how language works
Bumbledeeflorp.
By your logic that's now a word.
Yes, but one that will probably die with the thread.
All words come from somewhere, and become the norm with enough use. The chief word for our canine friends in English was hound (cognate with hund etc in other Germanic languages). The origin of dog (docga) just randomly appears in late old English, and gradually supplants hound through middle English until it becomes the dominant word in modern English. It has no parallels in other languages at the time. Someone just made it up, and thats now what we call a dog.
ChargerIIC wrote: If algae farm paste with a little bit of your grandfather in it isn't Grimdark I don't know what is.
Just stop it. Your superfluous are is superfluous.
My experience watching european broadcasts of sporting events would strong suggest that the people saying that also say things like "honder" instead of Honda, or Purr-geo for Puegeot (this one I'll grant cuz I haven't heard enough french folk saying it)
How would you pronounce it? As a Brit (living in a city where they made a lot of these vehicles), we tend to pronounce it roughly 'Pur-show', as the French owners might.
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All I remember is that the lion goes from strength to strength, from an advert, in the 1980s, on my Star Wars recorded from telly tape… why has my brain not reallocated that storage lacuna to something more useful????
Please excuse any spelling errors. I use a tablet frequently and software keyboards are a pain!
Flinty wrote: All I remember is that the lion goes from strength to strength, from an advert, in the 1980s, on my Star Wars recorded from telly tape… why has my brain not reallocated that storage lacuna to something more useful????
Because re-record, not fade away, re-record, not fade away.
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Flinty wrote: All I remember is that the lion goes from strength to strength, from an advert, in the 1980s, on my Star Wars recorded from telly tape… why has my brain not reallocated that storage lacuna to something more useful????
Zed wrote: *All statements reflect my opinion at this moment. if some sort of pretty new model gets released (or if I change my mind at random) I reserve the right to jump on any bandwagon at will.
How would you pronounce it? As a Brit (living in a city where they made a lot of these vehicles), we tend to pronounce it roughly 'Pur-show', as the French owners might.
As an American, I would think it comes out something closer to "poo-Joe" or "poo-geo" ?? But, as I said, I can't recall hearing too many native French speakers saying it, it just sounds odd to my american ears to hear Brit commentators adding R's and whatnot into seemingly random words.
As an American, I would think it comes out something closer to "poo-Joe" or "poo-geo" ?? But, as I said, I can't recall hearing too many native French speakers saying it, it just sounds odd to my american ears to hear Brit commentators adding R's and whatnot into seemingly random words.
Yeah, nah... that's not a British addition. The 'eu' there in French makes an 'ear' sound like in 'pearl'.
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That is a link to Peugeot's on post on Facebook on the matter.
Puh-jo. Now, there isn't an 'r' in the strict sense, but puh and pur are said basically the same to most UK people because most of the country doesn't use a rhotic 'r' and therefore basically glosses over it in many circumstances. Some areas do (mainly Scotland) so they wouldn't pronounce it like the word contained an 'r'. North America also predominantly speaks rhotic English.
ChargerIIC wrote: If algae farm paste with a little bit of your grandfather in it isn't Grimdark I don't know what is.
Seems like the Irish stole it from Scotland/ northern England, Gaelicized it, and the. Scottish Gaelic nicked it back again. So I think it’s pretty fair game anywhere in the UK.
My worst offenders are managementspeak, and (related) overly fancy job titles.
Examples: Barrista, vocalist, executive assistant.
You're a barkeep, singer, and secretary, respectively. There's nothing wrong with any of those, they're perfectly respectable - even honourable - occupations, but being as Dutch as they come, I have an aversion to pretention.
And the only reason to fancify the job title like that is to either be a pretentious gakker or to pretend you don't think those jobs are demeaning when you clearly do. Neither is acceptable to me.
Flinty wrote: Seems like the Irish stole it from Scotland/ northern England, Gaelicized it, and the. Scottish Gaelic nicked it back again. So I think it’s pretty fair game anywhere in the UK.
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