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EverythingXen
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Joined: 01 Feb 2002
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quote:
Originally posted by TheLonePaladin
i hate to steer this conversation off topic again but xen, all of those "words" are in the dictionary.
yes western civilization has reached a new low. 
I found Yikes and Ugh... *sigh* That IS terrible.
I guess it could be summed up with "Yikes! They are! Ugh."... 
yikes Pronunciation Key (yks)
interj.
Used to express mild fear or surprise.
[Origin unknown.]
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ugh Pronunciation Key (g, k)
interj.
Used to express horror, disgust, or repugnance.
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Gaijin
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Joined: 20 Jun 2002
Posts: 62
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Civilization ended when ain't was included in the dictionary...
ahh well, I find the nearest bridge when d'oh makes it....Homer should only have 1 word in the dictionary.
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Ekim
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Joined: 27 May 2002
Posts: 2365
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quote:
Originally posted by EverythingXen
D'oh is not english. Any more than 'gah' 'yikes' 'grr' or 'ugh' is.  They're used by english speakers, but they're words without defination... just associated emotive connotations.
Last year one of the most prestigious english dictionary (I'm really sorry but I forget which one... Webster's?) has officially included the word "D'OH!" in their dictionary, with a definition that mentions The Simpsons show for making it popular... Yes, it's sad, but it's true...
*I'm paraphrasing here, mind you. I don't remember the exact definition they gave the word.
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Lintra
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Joined: 23 Apr 2002
Posts: 9448
Location: Bermuda, the triangle place with SANDY BEACHES |
quote:
Originally posted by Gaijin
Civilization ended when ain't was included in the dictionary...
I am not sure I agree with that. Dorothy Sayers has her detective extrodinaire, Lord Peter Wimsey using "ain't" on a regular basis. She started writing in the 1910's (I believe). She was Oxford educated in English Lit. If she thought "ain't" to be acceptable in the English Peerage ... it was ... so why shouldn't it be included in a dictionary?
Not to mention, the great beauty of English is it's ever changing nature. Need a new word? No problem ... just invent it (or take it from an other language). If there is a general need for it, other people will use it and it becomes part of the language.
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Tue Jul 02, 2002 4:16 pm |
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Gaijin
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Joined: 20 Jun 2002
Posts: 62
Location: Montreal |
quote:
Originally posted by Lintra
quote:
Originally posted by Gaijin
Civilization ended when ain't was included in the dictionary...
I am not sure I agree with that. Dorothy Sayers has her detective extrodinaire, Lord Peter Wimsey using "ain't" on a regular basis. She started writing in the 1910's (I believe). She was Oxford educated in English Lit. If she thought "ain't" to be acceptable in the English Peerage ... it was ... so why shouldn't it be included in a dictionary?
Not to mention, the great beauty of English is it's ever changing nature. Need a new word? No problem ... just invent it (or take it from an other language). If there is a general need for it, other people will use it and it becomes part of the language.
I guess that's true, but English is a bastard language anyways, we just take words from everywhere...
*skips off to invent words to forcefeed down people's throats*
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EverythingXen
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I guess I'll just wait for craptastic to make the dictionary as an antonym for fantastic.
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Tue Jul 02, 2002 6:37 pm |
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TheLonePaladin
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Joined: 27 Feb 2002
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Location: San Francisco, CA |
funtastic and funderful are accepted as words nowadays...dunno if they're in the dictionary.
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Aeolus
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Joined: 31 May 2002
Posts: 19
Location: UK |
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Originally posted by Val
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Originally posted by OhBrandi
(anyone want an NVidia Riva TNT2 w/ 32MB? )
I'll take it. I could use a spare. 
I won't need it as a spare - I need it as an UPGRADE.
I have a ye olde picture maker 16mb Riva TNT... still I can run GTA3 nicely so what does it matter. (Buying a new comp for MW).
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