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CATherine wrote:
A case in point: what does "cuber-life" mean? :) That is a slip of the finger on the keyboard. She meant "cyber" life. ;-) My backspace key is my most-used key!! OH!! I knew it had something to do with the computer, but I was thinking "cubicle"... except that Yowie works in a lab... Joyce |
"EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" wrote:
What I find even weirder is the comparatively new "I could care less", when what is so clearly meant is "I could NOT care less"! Here's another reversal I've noticed in the past decade or so. When I was young, someone might say, "You were driving without your seatbelt? How smart is that?" Meaning, how smart can you be, to do something so stupid? Nowadays, someone would say, "You were driving without your seatbelt? How stupid is that?" Seems like an odd thing to put as a question. *Very* stupid, obviously! Joyce - actually, we didn't have seatbelts when I was young... |
"EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" wrote:
What I find even weirder is the comparatively new "I could care less", when what is so clearly meant is "I could NOT care less"! Here's another reversal I've noticed in the past decade or so. When I was young, someone might say, "You were driving without your seatbelt? How smart is that?" Meaning, how smart can you be, to do something so stupid? Nowadays, someone would say, "You were driving without your seatbelt? How stupid is that?" Seems like an odd thing to put as a question. *Very* stupid, obviously! Joyce - actually, we didn't have seatbelts when I was young... |
"EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" wrote:
What I find even weirder is the comparatively new "I could care less", when what is so clearly meant is "I could NOT care less"! Here's another reversal I've noticed in the past decade or so. When I was young, someone might say, "You were driving without your seatbelt? How smart is that?" Meaning, how smart can you be, to do something so stupid? Nowadays, someone would say, "You were driving without your seatbelt? How stupid is that?" Seems like an odd thing to put as a question. *Very* stupid, obviously! Joyce - actually, we didn't have seatbelts when I was young... |
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... Yowie wrote: But being quite ancient in terms of cuber-life, I've learnt that even "English" has distinct sub-languages, and no one particular dialect is any more "correct" than any other - just that some are "older". A case in point: what does "cuber-life" mean? :) Ah, and typos add a whole other dimension. That ought to have been *cyber* life :-) Sorry! Yowie --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.775 / Virus Database: 522 - Release Date: 8/10/04 |
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... Yowie wrote: But being quite ancient in terms of cuber-life, I've learnt that even "English" has distinct sub-languages, and no one particular dialect is any more "correct" than any other - just that some are "older". A case in point: what does "cuber-life" mean? :) Ah, and typos add a whole other dimension. That ought to have been *cyber* life :-) Sorry! Yowie --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.775 / Virus Database: 522 - Release Date: 8/10/04 |
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... Yowie wrote: But being quite ancient in terms of cuber-life, I've learnt that even "English" has distinct sub-languages, and no one particular dialect is any more "correct" than any other - just that some are "older". A case in point: what does "cuber-life" mean? :) Ah, and typos add a whole other dimension. That ought to have been *cyber* life :-) Sorry! Yowie --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.775 / Virus Database: 522 - Release Date: 8/10/04 |
Sherry wrote:
As I learned in a fire protection course some years ago. A cellar is more than half below the ground level. A basement is less than half below. I do say "go to the cellar" now and again. Christopher A. Young Here, a basement (hardly anyone has one)...is the room under your house. A cellar is a tornado shelter, which is completley separate from the house. Also called a "scare-hole." Sherry I'm no linguist, but I like to think about words sometime, and I partly agree with your definition, Sherry. The word basement implies that it's the base of something, therefore, it would be logical that it's located below the ordinary living area of the house. Whereas the word cellar isn't tied to a location like that, so it *can* also be a space separate from the house, but IMHO *can* also be (partly) below the house. Just to be clear, I'm just going by the feel of the words, not checking dictionaries or such now. And also, at least for me (and my hubby), a cellar doesn't have to have anything to do with whether it's below ground or not, even tho it usually is, but it's a place where to cool store foods. -- Christine in Vantaa, Finland christal63 (at) yahoo (dot) com photos: http://photos.yahoo.com/christal63 |
Sherry wrote:
As I learned in a fire protection course some years ago. A cellar is more than half below the ground level. A basement is less than half below. I do say "go to the cellar" now and again. Christopher A. Young Here, a basement (hardly anyone has one)...is the room under your house. A cellar is a tornado shelter, which is completley separate from the house. Also called a "scare-hole." Sherry I'm no linguist, but I like to think about words sometime, and I partly agree with your definition, Sherry. The word basement implies that it's the base of something, therefore, it would be logical that it's located below the ordinary living area of the house. Whereas the word cellar isn't tied to a location like that, so it *can* also be a space separate from the house, but IMHO *can* also be (partly) below the house. Just to be clear, I'm just going by the feel of the words, not checking dictionaries or such now. And also, at least for me (and my hubby), a cellar doesn't have to have anything to do with whether it's below ground or not, even tho it usually is, but it's a place where to cool store foods. -- Christine in Vantaa, Finland christal63 (at) yahoo (dot) com photos: http://photos.yahoo.com/christal63 |
Sherry wrote:
As I learned in a fire protection course some years ago. A cellar is more than half below the ground level. A basement is less than half below. I do say "go to the cellar" now and again. Christopher A. Young Here, a basement (hardly anyone has one)...is the room under your house. A cellar is a tornado shelter, which is completley separate from the house. Also called a "scare-hole." Sherry I'm no linguist, but I like to think about words sometime, and I partly agree with your definition, Sherry. The word basement implies that it's the base of something, therefore, it would be logical that it's located below the ordinary living area of the house. Whereas the word cellar isn't tied to a location like that, so it *can* also be a space separate from the house, but IMHO *can* also be (partly) below the house. Just to be clear, I'm just going by the feel of the words, not checking dictionaries or such now. And also, at least for me (and my hubby), a cellar doesn't have to have anything to do with whether it's below ground or not, even tho it usually is, but it's a place where to cool store foods. -- Christine in Vantaa, Finland christal63 (at) yahoo (dot) com photos: http://photos.yahoo.com/christal63 |
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