English Language Hamsterwheel
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Originally Posted by ORAC
So what do you use instead of the word disorientation?
There are plenty of other verbs ending in -ent that add -ation to form a noun.
Are you going to argue with all of them, too ?
Pure misrepresentation.
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Longer Ron
"Let me think about that one "Momentarily"
I can't remember the airline but there was a real, fatal, accident where the pilot announced they would be taking off momentarily.
That's exactly what they did: came back down and ran off the end of the runway.
"Let me think about that one "Momentarily"
I can't remember the airline but there was a real, fatal, accident where the pilot announced they would be taking off momentarily.
That's exactly what they did: came back down and ran off the end of the runway.
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Originally Posted by Hydromet
In the town of Adelong, NSW, everyone says that. Or they would, if they thought anyone from out of town knew something that they don't.
Hydromet,
I guess that’s Adelong, NSW Ashtraya?
There is an epidemic of ‘shhhh’ Dnunda, pronouncing every letter s as though it is followed by an h.
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The day before yesterday, there was an item on the BBC news about a new artificial heart gizmo that is making a huge difference in the realm of transplants for children. And the reporter told us "The patients of donors need to be consented.."
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Originally Posted by spitfirek5054
Gnome de PPRuNe
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I'm sure I've moaned before somewhere in JetBlast about the media's irrational obsession with prefixing story titles "everything we know about..." and then attempting to summarise whatever the issue of the day is. BBC, Telegraph, my local news site, all at it...
Also the Telegraph website has items labelled "10 minute read", "5 minute read", etc... perhaps other news sites do the same? Eh? If you are interested in the story you'll read it; are you supposed to feel superior if you read it in only 8 minutes, or utterly worthless if it takes 12? Pointless pretentiousness...
Also the Telegraph website has items labelled "10 minute read", "5 minute read", etc... perhaps other news sites do the same? Eh? If you are interested in the story you'll read it; are you supposed to feel superior if you read it in only 8 minutes, or utterly worthless if it takes 12? Pointless pretentiousness...
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When I was a lad, there was a word in common use "obliged". That seems to have gone and been replaced with "obligated". Why? Has this come from the same nation that had California governor, Ronald Reagan talking about "burglarising and (better yet!) "awfulising"?
