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I've probably ranted about this before, but it's worth repeating: "Gift" as a synonym for "give."

As Calvin says: "Verbing weirds language."

And that mega-ship wouldn't have had the same ring if it had been named the "Ever Gifted."
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maxgal wrote: October 10th, 2021, 4:18 pm I've probably ranted about this before, but it's worth repeating: "Gift" as a synonym for "give."

As Calvin says: "Verbing weirds language."

And that mega-ship wouldn't have had the same ring if it had been named the "Ever Gifted."
You are entirely correct! It can be sooo frustrating.
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Bookworm360 wrote: October 14th, 2021, 10:52 am
maxgal wrote: October 10th, 2021, 4:18 pm I've probably ranted about this before, but it's worth repeating: "Gift" as a synonym for "give."

As Calvin says: "Verbing weirds language."

And that mega-ship wouldn't have had the same ring if it had been named the "Ever Gifted."
You are entirely correct! It can be sooo frustrating.
Add my vote!
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"A" -- the article, as in "a banana."
Nothing wrong with it per se, but I have trouble with it waaaaay too often when I'm recording.

Here's the thing:
I really try not to "drop" (or "swallow") words/syllables when I record.
So one thing I tend to do -- besides speaking slowly -- is pronounce "a" as in "bay" (the "long" form),
even where it would "normally" be pronounced "uh" (the famous schwa).

This prevents my dropping the "a" ... but... sometimes it can sound artificial, or even pretentious.
And I don't want my reading to sound artificial, much less pretentious.
And I certainly don't want weird pronunciations to distract from the thing itself that I'm recording!

(Now don't get me started on "the"....)
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I had a phase of about a year as a teenager when I could not say "statistics". I would say statistitics. Hopefully it was a statistical anomaly. [tish da boom!]
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Kalamareader wrote: October 16th, 2021, 11:58 pm
Bookworm360 wrote: October 14th, 2021, 10:52 am
maxgal wrote: October 10th, 2021, 4:18 pm I've probably ranted about this before, but it's worth repeating: "Gift" as a synonym for "give."

As Calvin says: "Verbing weirds language."

And that mega-ship wouldn't have had the same ring if it had been named the "Ever Gifted."
You are entirely correct! It can be sooo frustrating.
Add my vote!
... speaking of Calvin... he asked his dad if he (Calvin) was a gifted child, & dad replied that they certainly wouldn't have paid for him. :lol:
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"It admitted it" :evil: -- I swear it took at least half a dozen tries.
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One that I am getting to tired of because the definition has changed 180 degrees from when I was younger: "down" on something. If I was 'down' on something, that meant that I was against it. "I am down on murder. People shouldn't do it." But now, it means you are in favor of it, or think it is good, or enjoy it, as in "I am so 'down' on that song. It is great." 👎

I am so "down" on that usage.
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Kalamareader wrote: January 16th, 2022, 2:39 pm One that I am getting to tired of because the definition has changed 180 degrees from when I was younger: "down" on something. If I was 'down' on something, that meant that I was against it. "I am down on murder. People shouldn't do it." But now, it means you are in favor of it, or think it is good, or enjoy it, as in "I am so 'down' on that song. It is great." 👎

I am so "down" on that usage.
Get down with your bad self. :lol:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3VZFbZN9gs
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