(July 23, 2015 at 9:21 am)excitedpenguin Wrote: Seriously, rexbecca? Maybe you should check the condescending OP again. People have no right to point fingers when they have no idea what the hell they're talking about.
(July 23, 2015 at 8:57 am)Rhondazvous Wrote: When dictionaries capitulate to popular ignorance about a word, that's not evolution. That's devolution. The more meanings a word has, the less meaningful it actually is as far as its ability to communicate with precision.
American English is a bastard language, but it is our language here in the states. I may get on the train or I may stay on the platform. As long as I don't get on the tracks, I'll be safe.
Maybe you should keep your uneducated guesses about linguistics to yourself, there, "professor".
That's it. A whole new level of mediocrity has just been achieved. I can't argue in this thread anymore. Keep your shallow opinions, I don't need to change them if you won't listen to plain reason.
I've been at AF long enough for people to know I do not condescend. If you disagree with something I say, I'm kewl with that. Prove me wrong, I'm kewl with that, too. But don't tell me not to speak at all, because I'm at home here and I will do what I will do.
I was just sharing information. Now if you want to take it personally, let's step outside. In the alley, me and you.
The god who allows children to be raped out of respect for the free will choice of the rapist, but punishes gay men for engaging in mutually consensual sex couldn't possibly be responsible for an intelligently designed universe.
I may defend your right to free speech, but i won't help you pass out flyers.
Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
--Voltaire
Nietzsche isn't dead. How do I know he lives? He lives in my mind.
I may defend your right to free speech, but i won't help you pass out flyers.
Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
--Voltaire
Nietzsche isn't dead. How do I know he lives? He lives in my mind.
