Vocabulary question.

[BoldonLad]

Language evolves over time we should be more accommodating and less pedantic, life is 2 to two too short to worry overly about such things..

This is true, and, no doubt, inevitable.

In the dark days when I worked, I often had to work to develop software from written specifications. Poorly worded and poorly punctuated specifications can cause all kinds of problems, so, IMHO, there is a need to be able to "do it properly" (not saying I can, by the way).

 

[MontyVeda]

Yebbut: recycle suggests the item has been broken up and the materials re-used for spare parts or melted down for scrap or whatever. ...

You describe an aspect of recycling... 'upcycle' is an unnecessary word used only by pompous twonks who don't realise how broad a term 'recycle' is.

 

[Profpointy]

You describe an aspect of recycling... 'upcycle' is an unnecessary word used only by pompous twonks who don't realise how broad a term 'recycle' is.

So you concede it's a more specific term for a small subset of recycling

 

[Drago]

I think hes conceding that it's an unecessary term invented by pompous twonks who choose not to use the already excellent, well established, and universally understood word 'recycle'

 

[mickle]

Queue, what a waste of letters that is.

Qué?

 

[mickle]

Cas(h) Vs casual.

Example: I was dressed cas (casually) and ready to go out.

I've often pondered, does one spell the abbreviation of 'casual'?

 

[Drago]

Smart casual annoys me.

Which is it? I'm not short tall, or fat thin. You dont buy a fast slow car or a sweet savoury Mars Bar. Smart and casual are mutually exclusive.

And don't start me on British Airways premium economy class. Do the wealthy paupers buy seats in there? Premium is the polar opposite of economy, eejuts.

 

[swee'pea99]

You describe an aspect of recycling... 'upcycle' is an unnecessary word used only by pompous twonks who don't realise how broad a term 'recycle' is.

So I guess everyone who talks about mountain bikes or tourers is a pompous twonk who doesn't realise how broad a term 'bicycle' is.

 

[Drago]

Except that recycling is a verb that already adequately describes a particular act.

Racar, tourer, shopper etc with respect to bicycles are all nouns, a class of word that has a different function in the english language. Therefore, linguistically the comparison is void.

 

[Dave7]

I'm all for brevity, but the use of the word 'enjoy' as a sentence bugs me.

Waiting staff are the worst offenders.

Or when they serve you say "there you go".

 

[Dave7]

Along with those who call me "pal". I am not called "pal" by people who know me well, so I see no reason for someone who has a brief interaction with me, to even consider using this word.

Some years ago a salesman called me "pal". I said "excuse me, I am NOT your pal". That upset him... so after that, when someone says it I grit my teeth and let it go.
I actually have a friend (yes, really) ... been friends for 55 years.....when he texts me he always calls me "pal".... I find that quite nice.h

 

[Dave7]

Except that recycling is a verb that already adequately describes a particular act.

Racar, tourer, shopper etc with respect to bicycles are all nouns, a class of word that has a different function in the english language. Therefore, linguistically the comparison is void.

For someone who wears stinky, smelly, farty, stained y fronts you aint bad with your nouns & verbs .
I could never get my head around them and failed English dismally

 

[Dave7]

Language evolves over time we should be more accommodating and less pedantic, life is 2 to two too short to worry overly about such things..

How do you put the lines through the words??
Someone explained it but I have forgotten now

 

[Dave7]

Smart casual annoys me.

Which is it? I'm not short tall, or fat thin. You dont buy a fast slow car or a sweet savoury Mars Bar. Smart and casual are mutually exclusive.

And don't start me on British Airways premium economy class. Do the wealthy paupers buy seats in there? Premium is the polar opposite of economy, eejuts.

But they are clever eejuts

 

[SteveF]

How do you put the lines through the words??
Someone explained it but I have forgotten now

The strikeout function..... it looks like an S with a - through it, 5th button along (next to underscore) at the top of the editing box ,,, well at least on my laptop..