On 13/01/2021 18:38, Charlie Gibbs wrote:
> On 2021-01-13, Ahem A Rivet's Shot  wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 13 Jan 2021 12:55:22 +0000
>> The Natural Philosopher  wrote:
>>
>>> On 12/01/2021 19:01, TimS wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 12 Jan 2021 at 07:41:00 GMT, Jan Panteltje
>>>>  wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Kill all old people, those are a burden on society anyways?
>>>>
>>>> The true burden on Society is people who spell "anyway" as "anyways" or
>>>> "lose" as "loose".
>>>
>>> Or those who say 'going forward' when they mean 'in future'
>>
>> "in the fullness of time" when they mean "never".
>
> "at this point in time" when "now" would suffice.
>
> "Orientate" is an example of the trend toward polysyllabificationizing.
>
In our little island we love that fact that the original noun, 'a
burglar' became in efficient English the verb to 'burgle' and in pompous
American to 'burglarize' ...  Do you also have burglarizations, or did
you manage burglaries instead?


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Burton Hillis (William Vaughn, American columnist)

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