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Another sad day for pedants.
Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2007 9:50 pm
by Samray
About 16,000 words have succumbed to pressures of the Internet age and lost their hyphens in a new edition of the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary.
http://uk.reuters.com/article/domesticN ... geNumber=1
Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2007 10:14 pm
by D-Rider
Samray wrote:Another sad day for pendants.
Re: Another sad day for pedants.
Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2007 10:46 pm
by Gio
It is indeed sad, but just goes to prove Oxford is full of queers.
Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2007 11:03 pm
by Nooj
Who-fucking-cares-and-does-it-really-matter-any-w-a-y-?
Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2007 9:48 am
by Gio
Nooj wrote:Who-fucking-cares-and-does-it-really-matter-any-w-a-y-?
I do and yes it does, I'm fed up looking at the disgrace our language has become.
Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2007 11:02 am
by Pierre
Gio wrote:Nooj wrote:Who-fucking-cares-and-does-it-really-matter-any-w-a-y-?
I do and yes it does, I'm fed up looking at the disgrace our language has become.
Dunno what you mean gio
Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2007 12:18 pm
by Gio
Pierre wrote:Gio wrote:Nooj wrote:Who-fucking-cares-and-does-it-really-matter-any-w-a-y-?
I do and yes it does, I'm fed up looking at the disgrace our language has become.
Dunno what you mean gio
I'm surprised she actually managed to post anything as words like Forum, Index, message, previous and topic clearly don't exist in her language. Maybe someone had to do it for her!
Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2007 7:07 pm
by BikerGran
Does anyone actually understand any of that?
Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2007 9:06 pm
by back_marker
Sounds like something from the diary of Vicky Pollard
Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2007 10:29 pm
by Gio
back_marker wrote:Sounds like something from the diary of Vicky Pollard
Well he is a homosexual.