BFTD Posted April 17, 2022 Share Posted April 17, 2022 4 minutes ago, greendot said: Calling cards of high brow intellects for the past couple pages They made a film of it. That said, there's probably a simple adaption for children somewhere. There seems to be one for everything. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiegoDiego Posted April 17, 2022 Share Posted April 17, 2022 Absolute scorn for the use of teabags or taking milk.This I completely agree with. Putting milk in tea is like putting cola in whisky. You only do it if you're drinking absolute pish.Teabags literally consist of the dust and fragments hoovered up from the production line of quality tea. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Steele Posted April 17, 2022 Share Posted April 17, 2022 5 hours ago, DiegoDiego said: Quixotic The expression 'pot calling the kettle black' was popularised by Cervantes in Don Quixote. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thane of Cawdor Posted April 17, 2022 Share Posted April 17, 2022 5 hours ago, coprolite said: Everyone doing it does make it ok. That's how language evolves. It doesn't mean literally "like George Orwell" any more. You can take my Oxford English Dictionary from my cold, dead hands before I concede that frequently misused words such as: decimate, fortuitous and disinterested change their meaning in accordance with popular usage. Incidentally, I have read A Clergyman's Daughter and Coming up for Air, and believe that Orwell's literary reputation benefited greatly from his being diverted towards political and social issues. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loonytoons Posted April 17, 2022 Share Posted April 17, 2022 I'm not sure it ever did tbh. I've only ever heard it in relation to 1984.. First sentence is spot on, unfortunately. This isn't morality. Language is democratic and if a word is most commonly used in a particular way then the meaning of that word adjusts accordingly. You've just about got that correct 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Sanchez Posted April 17, 2022 Share Posted April 17, 2022 28 minutes ago, Thane of Cawdor said: You can take my Oxford English Dictionary from my cold, dead hands before I concede that frequently misused words such as: decimate, fortuitous and disinterested change their meaning in accordance with popular usage. Incidentally, I have read A Clergyman's Daughter and Coming up for Air, and believe that Orwell's literary reputation benefited greatly from his being diverted towards political and social issues. ^^^ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
velo army Posted April 17, 2022 Share Posted April 17, 2022 52 minutes ago, Thane of Cawdor said: You can take my Oxford English Dictionary from my cold, dead hands before I concede that frequently misused words such as: decimate, fortuitous and disinterested change their meaning in accordance with popular usage. Incidentally, I have read A Clergyman's Daughter and Coming up for Air, and believe that Orwell's literary reputation benefited greatly from his being diverted towards political and social issues. I thought about bludgeoning someone to death for saying "literally decimated" in the context of a couple of people being off at work. I'd have plead guilty and served my sentence gleefully. Puddle-drinking, masked-singer-enjoying scum. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coprolite Posted April 17, 2022 Share Posted April 17, 2022 59 minutes ago, Thane of Cawdor said: You can take my Oxford English Dictionary from my cold, dead hands before I concede that frequently misused words such as: decimate, fortuitous and disinterested change their meaning in accordance with popular usage. Incidentally, I have read A Clergyman's Daughter and Coming up for Air, and believe that Orwell's literary reputation benefited greatly from his being diverted towards political and social issues. Coming up for Air is brilliant. By which i mean "very good" and not "really shiny", so apologies for that. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvilScotsman Posted April 17, 2022 Share Posted April 17, 2022 3 hours ago, The Skelpit Lug said: The expression 'pot calling the kettle black' was popularised by Cervantes in Don Quixote. Also "tilting at windmills", I think. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Steele Posted April 17, 2022 Share Posted April 17, 2022 11 minutes ago, EvilScotsman said: Also "tilting at windmills", I think. Yep, and "the proof of the pudding is in the eating". 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted April 17, 2022 Share Posted April 17, 2022 At the end of the day, it gets dark. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Steele Posted April 17, 2022 Share Posted April 17, 2022 3 hours ago, Loonytoons said: You've just about got that correct Like what you did there 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
velo army Posted April 18, 2022 Share Posted April 18, 2022 11 hours ago, The Skelpit Lug said: Like what you did there I have no idea what he did there. Handing in my "highbrow intellectual" cards as I type. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Steele Posted April 18, 2022 Share Posted April 18, 2022 4 minutes ago, velo army said: I have no idea what he did there. Handing in my "highbrow intellectual" cards as I type. I'm now hoping it's the way "just about" has changed over time! In football commentary I've heard "he just about got that ball off the line" when he did get the ball off the line. Maybe clarification, @Loonytoons ? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bairnardo Posted April 18, 2022 Share Posted April 18, 2022 16 hours ago, Thane of Cawdor said: You can take my Oxford English Dictionary from my cold, dead hands before I concede that frequently misused words such as: decimate, fortuitous and disinterested change their meaning in accordance with popular usage. Incidentally, I have read A Clergyman's Daughter and Coming up for Air, and believe that Orwell's literary reputation benefited greatly from his being diverted towards political and social issues. Is it your position that decimate should only be used if you are planning to kill 1 in 10 of a particular group of people? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trackdaybob Posted April 18, 2022 Share Posted April 18, 2022 Hood up whilst driving the car. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Estragon Posted April 18, 2022 Share Posted April 18, 2022 6 minutes ago, Bairnardo said: Is it your position that decimate should only be used if you are planning to kill 1 in 10 of a particular group of people? Or is it 9 of 10? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arch Stanton Posted April 18, 2022 Share Posted April 18, 2022 4 minutes ago, Trackdaybob said: Hood up whilst driving the car. Makes it hard for Americans to see the road ahead. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bairnardo Posted April 18, 2022 Share Posted April 18, 2022 5 minutes ago, Estragon said: Or is it 9 of 10? Would depend on circumstances I suppose. Hampden yesterday, I bow to your knowledge. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loonytoons Posted April 18, 2022 Share Posted April 18, 2022 I'm now hoping it's the way "just about" has changed over time! In football commentary I've heard "he just about got that ball off the line" when he did get the ball off the line. Maybe clarification, [mention=60257]Loonytoons[/mention] ?This is correct. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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