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"myself" instead of me
"criminality" instead of crime
and - I know general use has changed - but i still get irritated by "flammable". When I was taught English "inflammable" meant it could catch fire!
oh... and the phrase "according to Wikipedia" - for one thing denotes the start of a totally pointless argument over who can look up internet sources quickest - and, for another, it should be "Wikipaedia" if it has to be anything at all!
"criminality" instead of crime
and - I know general use has changed - but i still get irritated by "flammable". When I was taught English "inflammable" meant it could catch fire!
oh... and the phrase "according to Wikipedia" - for one thing denotes the start of a totally pointless argument over who can look up internet sources quickest - and, for another, it should be "Wikipaedia" if it has to be anything at all!
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communistworkethic wrote:Cary??? problem with your rs tonite?
try all you want tango, you're wrong again....not least on the assumption that using atmosphere to mean anything other than the gases in which we live is derived from some businessman... perhaps Russ Abbot that mercurial City wheeler-dealer??
So inclination, means 'leaning', well really, my ghast is flabbered. I suppose 'lean' doesn't mean 'tend towards' and nor does 'inclination'. You don't have an inclination for religion as you're not leant on a church?? From our friends, Merriam and Webster....
Main Entry: cli·mate
Pronunciation: \ˈklī-mət\
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English climat, from Middle French, from Late Latin climat-, clima, from Greek klimat-, klima inclination, latitude, climate, from klinein to lean — more at lean
Date: 14th century
1: a region of the earth having specified climatic conditions
2 a: the average course or condition of the weather at a place usually over a period of years as exhibited by temperature, wind velocity, and precipitation b: the prevailing set of conditions (as of temperature and humidity) indoors <a>
3: the prevailing influence or environmental conditions characterizing a group or period : atmosphere <a>
Give it up will you. If I could be bothered (which I can't) your posts are littered with grammatical errors. You may have noticed I corrected the "carry" long before you posted. "quote" try all you want tango , you're wrong again "unquote, about sums it up.
No one is ever right if they don't agree with you. I learned that a fair while ago. My opinion as to what I like and dislike is exactly that. It didn't even need any comment, never mind a debate. As I said, give it up. I'm not interested.
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translates "with no respect whotsoever, in fact with complete contempt".Bruce Rioja wrote:With the greatest of respect, Dan, people saying that something "gets on their tits" really gets on my nerves.BwfcDan wrote:"Dude" really gets on my tits!!
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the fact you posted suggests otherwise. And the lack of a capital is not a grammatical error.TANGODANCER wrote:
Give it up will you. If I could be bothered (which I can't) your posts are littered with grammatical errors. You may have noticed I corrected the "carry" long before you posted. "quote" try all you want tango , you're wrong again "unquote, about sums it up.
No one is ever right if they don't agree with you. I learned that a fair while ago. My opinion as to what I like and dislike is exactly that. It didn't even need any comment, never mind a debate. As I said, give it up. I'm not interested.
My point was you're annoyed by something perfectly reasonable; another of your intolerances. You then compounded it with nonsense about the use of "atmosphere".
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Not when it's from me, my friend.communistworkethic wrote:translates "with no respect whotsoever, in fact with complete contempt".Bruce Rioja wrote:With the greatest of respect, Dan, people saying that something "gets on their tits" really gets on my nerves.BwfcDan wrote:"Dude" really gets on my tits!!
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"old school" or "back in the day" particularly when used by some fooking thick oik on the radio talking about a song from fooking 2001.
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