Bassassin Posted March 27, 2011 Share Posted March 27, 2011 [quote name='uke' post='1179013' date='Mar 28 2011, 12:01 AM']My favourite is "Relicing"! A word that many feel exists, if it did wouldn't it mean replacing Lice? [/quote] I do wish this would go away - despite not existing it's impossible to express in any kind of semantically appropriate way; random apostrophes & hyphens don't make it read any better. Besides, it's completely redundant as the English language furnishes us with so many useful words & phrases which perfectly encapsulate the end result of this process: ruining, wrecking, f@cking up, making a total dog's arse of, destroying, cocking up, trashing, buggering up... So much choice - so little imagination. J. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ficelles Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 (edited) I have no words... Sorry, that should have been "I have no words, innit". ficelles Edited March 28, 2011 by ficelles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uke Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 Oh..... and "sort" after! what's that about? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tauzero Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 [quote name='LawrenceH' post='1177775' date='Mar 27 2011, 12:29 AM']Good Lord, imagine the shame of buying a bass from someone with poor spelling. [/quote] It means you get to find out where they live, so you can put them out of everybody else's misery. Innit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karlfer Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 Sorry, couldn't get past Johnston's avatar, the world's most beautiful woman. . Karl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ou7shined Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 [quote name='Bassassin' post='1177475' date='Mar 26 2011, 07:21 PM']...It gets called the brew in Scotland as well, think it's mostly a west coast thing here...[/quote] We've goat ra brew oan ra east coast ana. (although we don't say "ra" we say "i" as in tw[b]i[/b]t) [quote name='LawrenceH' post='1177775' date='Mar 27 2011, 12:29 AM']Good Lord, imagine the shame of buying a bass from someone with poor spelling. [/quote] I have pretty bad dyslexia but I try and make sure that what I am saying is at least intelligible and spell-checked - partly out of politeness and also to convey my character as someone who puts in a bit of effort. My first drafts look like a stoned 5 year old typed them up but you'd never really know it. If I were considering buying a bass off a guy and they used "fik" language or who couldn't be bothered to at least spell-check I'd be thinking "What else can't they be bothered to do?" (like looking after a bass properly) and I might think twice about the deal. [quote name='uke' post='1179013' date='Mar 28 2011, 12:01 AM']My favourite is "Relicing"! A word that many feel exists, if it did wouldn't it mean replacing Lice? [/quote] But it does exist. "Relic" has now become a verb, therefore the act of creating a relic (something that previously would have been considered an oxymoron) is "relicing". The past tense gives me more trouble "reliced" (the application of lice to a person who had them before) often I go for relic'd. [quote name='Bassassin' post='1179026' date='Mar 28 2011, 12:44 AM']I do wish this would go away - despite not existing it's impossible to express in any kind of semantically appropriate way; random apostrophes & hyphens don't make it read any better. Besides, it's completely redundant as the English language furnishes us with so many useful words & phrases which perfectly encapsulate the end result of this process: ruining, wrecking, f@cking up, making a total dog's arse of, destroying, cocking up, trashing, buggering up... So much choice - so little imagination. J.[/quote] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BottomE Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 [quote name='witterth' post='1176873' date='Mar 26 2011, 09:05 AM'][url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7Na6z03tW4"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7Na6z03tW4[/url] DAN!![/quote] DAN! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karlfer Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 [quote name='Johnston' post='1179879' date='Mar 28 2011, 07:04 PM']and could kill you with her little finger.[/quote] Death by Ziva, die happy . Karl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ras52 Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 Re. licing, oops, I mean re. re-licing, surely the correct spelling would be RELICKING - c.f. panic => panicking, etc. Relicing is more like something one would do to counter a nit-picker... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 [quote name='ras52' post='1180161' date='Mar 28 2011, 10:10 PM']Re. licing, oops, I mean re. re-licing, surely the correct spelling would be RELICKING - c.f. panic => panicking, etc.[/quote] Correct in principle, I'd think - but this would engender considerable confusion should something (for example the avatar lady being discussed above), having been licked, require subsequent - indeed repeated - licking. As would very likely be the case. J. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ras52 Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 [quote name='Bassassin' post='1180262' date='Mar 28 2011, 11:35 PM']Correct in principle, I'd think - but this would engender considerable confusion should something (for example the avatar lady being discussed above), having been licked, require subsequent - indeed repeated - licking. As would very likely be the case. J.[/quote] Hm, well there's relicking and re-licking. They're easily distinguishable, as one involves rubbing wood and removing layers, whereas the other... oh, hang on.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karlfer Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 Plot lost, my excuse, so what. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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