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The Ranting (or Venting) Thread.
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leeds_manc
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jonbwfc
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Bear in mind that evolution has headed down quite a few dead ends in it's time. It's far from infallible.
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HeatherKay
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I find I have to agree - I know. Who'd've thunk it? We have given our language to the world. We cannot control how it is used, nor can we assume it will be preserved in its current form on home soil. The French have tried that, and look where it got them. So, reluctantly, I have to accept change is inevitable. _________________My Flickr | Snaptophobic BloggageHeather Kay: modelling details that matter. "Let my windows be open to receive new ideas but let me also be strong enough not to be blown away by them." - Mahatma Gandhi.
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l3v1ck
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Thankfully British airlines haven't resorted to 'debark' rather than the correct 'disembark'.
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jonlumb
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We stole pretty much all of it from the world as well! I do like the quote "The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don’t just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary."
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leeds_manc
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I know what you're saying, but your point would only be valid if evolution's role was "to make things better". Evolution isn't proactive, it's simply how things change over time to better survive. When it's applied to ideas, survival is defined by use, nothing more, if a word or spelling is used then it's used, it survives.
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finlay666
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2 halves of that cake, but you could have 2 halves of 2 different cakes, you never stipulated that the halves were of the same cake before  _________________TwitterCharlie Brooker: Macs are glorified Fisher-Price activity centres for adults; computers for scaredy cats too nervous to learn how proper computers work; computers for people who earnestly believe in feng shui.
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davrosG5
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I've heard deplane before.
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l3v1ck
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HeatherKay
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I agree, though apparently the word "debark" comes from the Old French "débarquer".  You learn something new every day. _________________My Flickr | Snaptophobic BloggageHeather Kay: modelling details that matter. "Let my windows be open to receive new ideas but let me also be strong enough not to be blown away by them." - Mahatma Gandhi.
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JJW009
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So while debark means to "get off", disembark means to "un get on". Sounds like disembark is exactly the sort of word you'd be complaining about, back when it was first made up  _________________jonbwfc's law: "In any forum thread someone will, no matter what the subject, mention Firefly." When you're feeling too silly for x404, youRwired.net
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HeatherKay
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Yup. Disembark sounds right to British English speakers. It fits in with disassemble, disinter and so on, even though it arrives there from a different root. _________________My Flickr | Snaptophobic BloggageHeather Kay: modelling details that matter. "Let my windows be open to receive new ideas but let me also be strong enough not to be blown away by them." - Mahatma Gandhi.
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TheFrenchun
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I'm going to blow your mind by telling you that the french word for "to board" is embarquer (literally to get onboard a boat, barque)
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tombolt
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So debark is really more correct!
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big_D
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I'd already assumed - one of the advantages of being a bit of a sailing buff. 8)
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