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In response to
"it's a good thing words are reusable. -- nm"
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b.
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sadly though, that fact has limited our desire to create new words -- nm
Posted by
tRuMaN (aka Truman)
Feb 9 '12, 12:36
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this may be the wrongest thing you have ever said. -- nm
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loosilu
Feb 9, 13:11
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Really? There are so many new words and new uses for old words arising yearly. English is fantastically dynamic.
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TWuG
Feb 9, 12:48
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Pseudo-related: in reading David Copperfield, I found in the first chapter how Dickens wrote "*headtilt*" back in the day:
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TFox
Feb 9, 12:55
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I was gonna say, English words routinely have ten or twenty synonyms.
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con_carne
Feb 9, 12:54
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'And yet, oh and yet, all of us spend our days saying the same things to each other, time after weary time, living by clichaic, learned response:'
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znufrii
Feb 9, 12:51
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*nodding* -- nm
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TFox
Feb 9, 12:41
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Which is why the OED is so concise and fits in your pocket. -- nm
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Reagen
Feb 9, 12:40
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I'm making a case for 'ponderings'.
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Dr.Vermin
Feb 9, 12:40
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nuh-uh. I make my own up all the time. -- nm
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b.
Feb 9, 12:39
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That's preposterdiculous. -- nm
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znu si
Feb 9, 12:37
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