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Re: Word use that drives you up the wall!
Posted: Fri Sep 27, 2013 3:52 pm
by 3dfxMM
It's not a euphemism. It includes both genocide and emigration.
Re: Word use that drives you up the wall!
Posted: Sat Sep 28, 2013 8:14 am
by Abraham
Euphemism: An inoffensive or indirect expression that is substituted for one that is considered offensive or too harsh
"Ethnic Cleansing" is a Euphemism for genocide.
Genocide is the accurate term, but hey, it's so harsh...
Re: Word use that drives you up the wall!
Posted: Sat Sep 28, 2013 1:03 pm
by 3dfxMM
It isn't a replacement term for genocide. It is broader term that includes both genocide and emigration. I don't see why you think it is offensive or indirect.
Re: Word use that drives you up the wall!
Posted: Sat Sep 28, 2013 1:40 pm
by Abraham
3dfxMM,
In my last post, after the word "Euphemism" is it's definition.
I simply don't like the term "Ethnic Cleansing" as it's unclear.
I'm certain many haven't a clear idea of what it means. Plus, it has a certain "whitewashing" aspect for a dreadful act.
I don't like "Interpersonal Skills" either. Pretentious corporate blather...
I prefer plain speaking.
Re: Word use that drives you up the wall!
Posted: Sat Sep 28, 2013 3:06 pm
by bizarrenormality
Abraham wrote:I prefer plain speaking.
That's hard to believe based on many of your other posts in this thread.
Re: Word use that drives you up the wall!
Posted: Sat Sep 28, 2013 8:36 pm
by Dadtodabone
Adviser vs. Advisor. While both spellings are correct I tend to use the newer spelling, -or, when referring to folks in commercial fields and the, -er, for those in government. You?
Re: Word use that drives you up the wall!
Posted: Sun Sep 29, 2013 8:49 am
by Abraham
bizarrenormality ,
I said I prefer plain speaking, I didn't say I practice it...
Now, back on the subject: New-Cue-Lure instead of New-Klee-Er.
Re: Word use that drives you up the wall!
Posted: Sun Sep 29, 2013 1:16 pm
by gringo pistolero
Dadtodabone wrote:Adviser vs. Advisor. While both spellings are correct I tend to use the newer spelling, -or, when referring to folks in commercial fields and the, -er, for those in government. You?
A lot of pro golfers have ads on their visors.
Re: Word use that drives you up the wall!
Posted: Mon Sep 30, 2013 4:04 pm
by ssnstump
The word NUCLEAR pronounced as NUCULAR especially by those who have control of them.
Sorry Abraham...i missed your post.
Re: Word use that drives you up the wall!
Posted: Tue Oct 01, 2013 3:23 pm
by O6nop
Has anyone mentioned "Common Sense"?
It's used so extensively on both sides and it means absolutely nothing except as an argument that what other people think is wrong if it doesn't match the opinion according to the one using that term. It drives me up a wall. If both sides of an argument claim common sense then there is something wrong,( e.g. common sense gun laws ) If it were truly common sense it would already be practiced.
Re: Word use that drives you up the wall!
Posted: Tue Oct 01, 2013 8:52 pm
by CowboyEngineer
Perhaps it's my west coast roots, but washiteria always grates on my ears. I also can't stand managerial buzz words and slogans. If I hear low hangin' fruit one more time, I might kick someone there.
Re: Word use that drives you up the wall!
Posted: Thu Oct 03, 2013 2:49 pm
by Abraham
Love me some...(fill in the blank)
Texas Cockney?
Re: Word use that drives you up the wall!
Posted: Thu Oct 03, 2013 3:43 pm
by BigGuy
Pacifist wrote:Abraham wrote:Miami pronounced My-Am-Mah, doh!
In addition to the far-better-known Florida city, there is a Miami, OK, which is most definitely pronounced "My-Am-Muh." Go ahead and check with the natives.
Abraham wrote:Same with Missouri, c'mon it's not Missourah! Arrrggghhh!!
I asked a native of Missouri why some from that state pronounced it with the "rah" at the end and she just stared at me without uttering another word - I guess it's a state secret...
Many years ago, I asked the longest-living native of Missouri that I know, my now-86-year-old father (or should that be "dad," "pop," "soda," or "Coke?"), a University of Missouri graduate, who was born, and lived much of his life, in Polar Bluff, MO (Cape Girardeau was the "Big City"), about the correct pronunciation, and he informed me then, and in no uncertain terms, that it was, indeed, "Missourah, windah, and pillah." That was and is enough for me, even though I continue to this day to mispronounce them all, which I am sure irritates him to no end.
Or that town in Texas pronounced "Bo-ga-taw" rather than correctly as "Bo-gatta"
Now if ya'll will excuse me, me and Pop is fixin to heard down there for a Coke. Think I'll get an orange one.
Re: Word use that drives you up the wall!
Posted: Sat Oct 05, 2013 8:15 am
by Abraham
Double Down
Ambiguous and wildly overused.
Re: Word use that drives you up the wall!
Posted: Sat Oct 05, 2013 3:01 pm
by Pawpaw
BigGuy wrote:Or that town in Texas pronounced "Bo-ga-taw" rather than correctly as "Bo-gatta"
Now if ya'll will excuse me, me and Pop is fixin to heard down there for a Coke. Think I'll get an orange one.
How about the one spelled "Buda" and pronounced "B-you-duh"?
Abraham wrote:Double Down
Ambiguous and wildly overused.
I guess we move in different circles. I don't believe I've ever heard that anywhere other than in reference to playing Blackjack.