[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: Herb - Now Aluminum

[Janette]

>
> bboyminn:
>
> One that I find absolutely unnerving is liberry for
> library. How did anyone even come up with that? I
> could see it if you were 5 years old, but by the
> time you are 8 years, you should have outgrown it.
>
> Another thing that chafes my shorts it the creation
> of fake words to try and either make yourself sound
> more intelligent, or to obscure a point. These words
> typically are normal words with '-ize', '-isation',
> '-ate', or other equally pointless suffixes added.
>
> Just ranting.


montims:
while we're ranting...
How on earth did "chaise longue" become "chaise lounge" in America?  At
first, I thought it was just a common seller's spelling error, like the
greengrocer's apostrophe, but I've heard it pronounced as lounge in tv
programmes and furniture commercials.  It doesn't even make sense that
way...


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