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Beau Peep Notice Board => Outpourings => Topic started by: Diane CBPFC on March 29, 2012, 05:10:03 PM
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When I read or hear words like "physicality", "theatricality" etc. You know the ones where people seem to add an "-ality" to any word of their chosing to tart it up a bit. This irks me.
I started to read a novel set in WWI and they used the phrase in the prologue: "...the physicality of air and earth..." and moderness of the word slapped me in the face and put me off reading the book.
I'm not a picky person but this "-ality" craze needs to be stomped out.
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Trending...winningest...oh, don't get me started.
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"skill it up" is a new one from my students.
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I wouldn't normally share this kind of thing but I suspect this forum is one of the few places where I can safely assume there will be no token sympathies expressed [now you're screwed, the slightest hint of said sympathy and you're a "tokenist" - for Roger].
I've had two heart attacks, and am [almost] doing my best to avoid a third, that's for information. What I hate is something I imagine you have all experienced, you know that moment when you lay your head on a pillow, and through some form of sound resonance you can hear your heart beating quite loudly? I never used to bother about it, but now I move my head until I can't hear it any more.
It's gotten so bad I've stopped using a pillow when I drive...
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Sorry, just realised an added bonus, I've probably screwed with the sleeping pattern of anyone who reads my previous post...how cool is that!
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Sorry, just realised an added bonus, I've probably screwed with the sleeping pattern of anyone who reads my previous post...how cool is that!
Nah! You haven't screwed with my sleeping pattern; I usually sleep like the dead. The kids have instructions to use a mirror if they can't wake me!
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Nah! You haven't screwed with my sleeping pattern; I usually sleep like the dead. The kids have instructions to use a mirror if they can't wake me!
;D
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Got to page 14 of a different book and was hit with the word "criminality". :o
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Got to page 14 of a different book and was hit with the word "criminality". :o
That's just criminal...
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In reality there aren't many words ending in "-ality", but you won't stop them - they have a kind of immortality.
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In reality there aren't many words ending in "-ality", but you won't stop them - they have a kind of immortality.
How do you say "reality" without using "ality" other than "real" that is?
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Sorry that should read "re" I think
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realness, realidity, realification, realance
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"skill it up" is a new one from my students.
American criminals appear to get "lawyered up" before answering any questions. Aargh.
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It wouldn’t be quite so bad if they kept modern sayings in stories set in the present but when they use time marking words from a different period it just sounds wrong. Would we want to read about Louis the groovy, far out Sun King? Would we want to read about how Al Capone got lawyered up?
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realness, realidity, realification, realance
This both annoyed and amused me. Well done.
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American criminals appear to get "lawyered up" before answering any questions. Aargh.
I've never heard the expression "lawyered up." It must be one of those "'hood" words. The modern terms "baby mama" and "baby daddy" are two I can't stand.
In America, we do have the words, "realty," and "realtor," but both of those words have been around for a very long time and refer to the real estate business.
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In America, we do have the words, "realty," and "realtor," but both of those words have been around for a very long time and refer to the real estate business.
Did the expression "liquored up" come out of America? One of my favourites, or favorites if you prefer :)
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I hate phrases more than words per se. I especially hate the glib way "don't be a hater" is bandied around these days, and hate how critics are now "haters", as though every half-arsed incompetent or evil maniac is beyond censure. Throwing out the "hater" charge is also a substitute for answering a legitimate criticism, as in "but you killed four people in cold blood, how do you justify that?"
"I don't listen to the haters".
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Kids "text" other kids. They say, "someone text me", instead of "someone texted me", which admittedly sounds odd.
Language has evolved over centuries. It continues to evolve through usage. I like it that way.
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...evolving into something less, though. Even letters home from working class soldiers during the first world war could be erudite and contain masterful, poetic phrases. Compare that with the grammar of today's youth, innit?
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Kids "text" other kids. They say, "someone text me", instead of "someone texted me", which admittedly sounds odd.
It does sound odd - I usually get round it by saying/typing; I received a text from .....
ooops! Sorry! Forgot me manners: 'innit'!
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My students always say "I am going Tesco" or "We're going to go France."
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My students always say "I am going Tesco" or "We're going to go France."
I think you should tell them you are going beat them, until they stop!