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We do, but it's puzzling to me why this one is so common. Tim Send a noteboard - 18/12/2011 02:08:43 PM
I'm sure there's a PhD in it somewhere.

"Grr, that person from a different part of the world doesn't speak in exactly the same way as me! It makes me so angry!"

The oddest thing is that it's the only form of rage I can think of that affects educated people more than the uneducated.

It affects me as much as anybody else, I hasten to add, but I think at least I've managed to contain it mostly to written mistakes (spelling, punctuation etc.)

It isn't truly a big deal, but it is jarring to me. And I like to complain. It's fun to have something else to grouch over. I can't stick to grammar and all that jazz, because I am not always sure I'm correct. I have to look up hyphenation rules almost every time I write something. :P


Oh, those are easy. If you're using a phrase of more than one word as though it were a single adjective, hyphenate. Unless you're talking about compound nouns, in which case there isn't really a rule: it's just a question of how common the compound is, which will vary from one country to another.
Vigilantibus non dormientibus jura subveniunt.

—Nous disons en allemand : le guerre, le mort, le lune, alors que 'soleil' et 'amour' sont du sexe féminin : la soleil, la amour. La vie est neutre.

—La vie ? Neutre ? C'est très joli, et surtout très logique.
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I suppose they might be completely acceptable, nossy - 14/12/2011 10:06:09 AM 939 Views
I've never heard of either. Lucky me! *NM* Macharius - 14/12/2011 12:24:33 PM 246 Views
Really? Jacob - 14/12/2011 01:35:06 PM 529 Views
Nope. Macharius - 14/12/2011 03:25:04 PM 555 Views
Re: Nope. TaskmasterJack - 14/12/2011 10:44:35 PM 501 Views
Me neither. *NM* rebelaessedai - 15/12/2011 07:19:14 AM 273 Views
hotting up meaning to make yourself hot? *NM* ironclad - 14/12/2011 12:52:14 PM 481 Views
LOL Jacob - 14/12/2011 01:34:33 PM 524 Views
They are both quite detestable. Jacob - 14/12/2011 01:36:43 PM 563 Views
Define them both please. Avendesora - 14/12/2011 01:42:00 PM 588 Views
I am glad it's not just me who doesn't know. *NM* ironclad - 14/12/2011 01:44:01 PM 301 Views
I have waited too long and have grown impatient. Someone please confirm urban dictionary definition. Avendesora - 14/12/2011 03:09:53 PM 539 Views
Lol, I've been busy! nossy - 14/12/2011 03:49:55 PM 572 Views
You really have a thing about punching people in the neck. Avendesora - 14/12/2011 04:29:10 PM 671 Views
oh, and... Avendesora - 14/12/2011 04:30:30 PM 636 Views
Re: oh, and... Macharius - 14/12/2011 04:48:31 PM 466 Views
True. He scares me. *NM* Avendesora - 14/12/2011 04:49:06 PM 288 Views
*raised eyebrow* Jacob - 14/12/2011 07:09:19 PM 591 Views
That's cute, I like them ironclad - 14/12/2011 05:12:34 PM 450 Views
Why the neck? Camilla - 14/12/2011 02:18:24 PM 524 Views
Because it's dull, you twit. It'll hurt more! nossy - 14/12/2011 04:01:57 PM 490 Views
Re: Because it's dull, you twit. It'll hurt more! Camilla - 14/12/2011 04:09:27 PM 583 Views
Not on topic, but LOVE that line. MightyYT - 14/12/2011 04:36:52 PM 523 Views
I have no clue what you're going on about. Sareitha Sedai - 14/12/2011 03:13:26 PM 451 Views
I don't know why. It's a perfectly cromulent word *NM* Isaac - 14/12/2011 03:30:56 PM 318 Views
Never used either phrase myself, but they are pretty common. Stephen - 14/12/2011 03:14:56 PM 456 Views
It doesn't sound like that's how it's being used... Sareitha Sedai - 14/12/2011 03:44:39 PM 551 Views
Well, nossy - 14/12/2011 03:51:40 PM 512 Views
That's how I would interpret that statement, yes. Sareitha Sedai - 14/12/2011 04:04:42 PM 516 Views
while I'm ranting nossy - 14/12/2011 04:16:01 PM 658 Views
You complain a lot. Macharius - 14/12/2011 04:47:05 PM 481 Views
A sign of old age *NM* ironclad - 14/12/2011 05:14:25 PM 263 Views
Methinks thou hast signed thine death warrant. *NM* Macharius - 14/12/2011 05:40:49 PM 243 Views
I never see any adds... Helene - 14/12/2011 04:59:19 PM 501 Views
Nothing with Scarlett in it could be annoying *NM* ironclad - 14/12/2011 05:15:16 PM 271 Views
And yet the evidence would seem to indicate otherwise. *NM* TaskmasterJack - 14/12/2011 10:51:43 PM 232 Views
That's possibly the best perfume ad I've seen lately (and no, not because of Scarlett). Legolas - 14/12/2011 06:54:52 PM 561 Views
hehe ironclad - 14/12/2011 10:11:45 PM 731 Views
I think the Audrey Tautou one is the best recent perfume ad for it has Audrey Tautou *NM* Stephen - 15/12/2011 12:16:42 AM 310 Views
That is a phenomenally poorly written commercial. And they make Scar Jo look less pretty. *NM* TaskmasterJack - 14/12/2011 10:52:29 PM 327 Views
This is exactly what I think. nossy - 15/12/2011 08:27:55 PM 678 Views
Agreed on the last bit, but then that seems part of the point. *NM* Legolas - 15/12/2011 08:56:41 PM 248 Views
Helloooo! It's Christmas time Danu - 14/12/2011 11:42:09 PM 423 Views
They sound like people are purposefully trying to sound cool in an ironic way. But it's not ironic. *NM* Palatine - 14/12/2011 05:34:37 PM 262 Views
Isn't dialect a fun thing? Rebekah - 14/12/2011 07:05:27 PM 627 Views
Pfft snoopcester - 14/12/2011 11:32:48 PM 539 Views
Punching in the neck is fine, just please don't shoot an arrow into my knee *NM* Roland00 - 15/12/2011 05:30:28 AM 285 Views
hehe *NM* ironclad - 15/12/2011 08:34:09 AM 257 Views
I don't think I will ever understand language rage. Tim - 18/12/2011 01:33:18 PM 462 Views
We all have irrational angers. nossy - 18/12/2011 02:00:56 PM 467 Views
We do, but it's puzzling to me why this one is so common. Tim - 18/12/2011 02:08:43 PM 505 Views
It's fun, that's why. nossy - 18/12/2011 07:23:08 PM 559 Views
also nossy - 19/12/2011 10:24:41 PM 429 Views
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