Another sad day for pedants.

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Another sad day for pedants.

#1 Post by Samray » Fri Sep 21, 2007 9:50 pm

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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
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#2 Post by D-Rider » Fri Sep 21, 2007 10:14 pm

Samray wrote:Another sad day for pendants.
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Re: Another sad day for pedants.

#3 Post by Gio » Fri Sep 21, 2007 10:46 pm

Samray wrote::smt083
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
It is indeed sad, but just goes to prove Oxford is full of queers.
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#4 Post by Nooj » Fri Sep 28, 2007 11:03 pm

Who-fucking-cares-and-does-it-really-matter-any-w-a-y-?
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#5 Post by Gio » Sat Sep 29, 2007 9:48 am

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.
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#6 Post by Pierre » Sat Sep 29, 2007 11:02 am

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 :smt017

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#7 Post by Gio » Sun Sep 30, 2007 12:18 pm

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 :smt017

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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!
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#8 Post by BikerGran » Sun Sep 30, 2007 7:07 pm

Does anyone actually understand any of that?

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#9 Post by back_marker » Sun Sep 30, 2007 9:06 pm

Sounds like something from the diary of Vicky Pollard
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#10 Post by Gio » Sun Sep 30, 2007 10:29 pm

back_marker wrote:Sounds like something from the diary of Vicky Pollard
Well he is a homosexual.
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