Jesus what a total softball for Greg and Joe 
Yes, devolving language bothers me in certain instances. That some dictionaries have given up and begun including "irregardless" infuriates me. Also, as mentioned before, I call bullshit on the so called explanation for misusing literally as an intentional form of hyperbole. Bah. Someone got called out for it and came up with that rather than simply admitting they made an error.
But others, not so much. I stole "umbraphile" from a NYT article, without realizing it's a portmanteau of Latin and Greek. Oops. Hardly unique though. Isn't automobile a portmanteau of Greek and French? Currently, Tacro and Cronut are examples combining different languages.
Interesting debate.
Mook
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A gift for any umbraphiles among us
- 06/04/2024 02:21:05 PM
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Umbraphile isn't a word
- 08/04/2024 05:12:05 AM
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It is a word. It exists.
- 08/04/2024 02:31:49 PM
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No it doesn't. Any retard can pretend a word exists but that doesn't make it so. *NM*
- 08/04/2024 05:26:30 PM
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It does if enough people use it. That's how new words get created and enter a language.
- 08/04/2024 05:32:46 PM
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Not exactly
- 09/04/2024 01:30:30 AM
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Honey, the speakers of our language don't care about the "rules".
- 09/04/2024 07:28:30 AM
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Bah
- 09/04/2024 09:29:40 PM
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No, you're still wrong
- 12/04/2024 12:56:49 AM
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I can see your recalcitrance won't be alleviated by logic or history.
- 12/04/2024 11:49:44 AM
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You're the one ignoring logic and history - have some standards, man!
- 12/04/2024 02:13:19 PM
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Can I have it both ways?
- 12/04/2024 06:04:23 PM
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So you're saying NY Times writers *aren't* la feccia del popolazzo???
- 12/04/2024 06:36:09 PM
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I've long been confused by the 'literally' debate.
- 12/04/2024 09:32:29 PM
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I think perhaps it comes down to intent and knowledge.
- 12/04/2024 10:42:09 PM
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I don't think being generous has anything to do with it - but my exposure to it may be different.
- 13/04/2024 12:37:46 PM
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I haven't been talking about Greek per se. I'm talking about English conventions.
- 13/04/2024 05:13:33 PM
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I'm afraid I have to agree with Joe.
- 12/04/2024 11:28:44 PM
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See my reply to Joe above, but regarding your specific example...
- 13/04/2024 12:55:11 PM
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One thing I won’t miss around here are the holier-than-thou pseudo-intellectuals.
- 09/04/2024 08:11:57 PM
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