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1. [FOT] language abuse (score: 1): Author: Guyots3@wmconnect.com; Date: Thu, 25 May 2006 23:51:03 EDT; I believe the term is wordsmithery? Leon <A HREF="http://community.webshots.com/user/vitesse1963">http://community.webshots.com/user/vitesse1963</A>; /html/fot/2006-05/msg00260.html (7,327 bytes)
2. Re: [FOT] language abuse (score: 1): Author: "Mark J. Bradakis" <mjb@autox.team.net>; Date: Fri, 26 May 2006 00:30:26 -0600; Ah, the wonders of written communication using a living language. I am NOT fond of those who think 'lite' and 'nite' are real words, but I have no qualms adding the verb 'google' to my vocabulary, ev; /html/fot/2006-05/msg00263.html (7,462 bytes)
3. Re: [FOT] language abuse (score: 1): Author: "Mark J. Bradakis" <mjb@autox.team.net>; Date: Fri, 26 May 2006 00:48:32 -0600; I decided not to whine about my incompetence in assembling a gearbox for a customer. I spent a day or so pulling it out, putting the washers in the right order and getting it back together so it doe; /html/fot/2006-05/msg00264.html (7,542 bytes)
4. Re: [FOT] language abuse (score: 1): Author: Michael Porter <portermd@zianet.com>; Date: Fri, 26 May 2006 01:02:45 -0600; My favorite little story about "living language" is that slang comes and goes in most languages, in unpredictable ways. Today, "lounge lizard" is a bad Vegas lounge act. Eighty years ago, a "lounge l; /html/fot/2006-05/msg00265.html (8,552 bytes)
5. RE: [FOT] language abuse (score: 1): Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>; Date: Fri, 26 May 2006 00:16:43 -0700; Hear him, hear him. Which if course is the more antique (and logical) version of hear, hear. I understand that fractured and ugly english gets into dictionaries. That doesn't make it useful, good, or; /html/fot/2006-05/msg00266.html (8,346 bytes)
6. RE: [FOT] language abuse (score: 1): Author: "Randall" <ryoung@navcomtech.com>; Date: Fri, 26 May 2006 08:09:49 -0700; Never use a long word when a diminutive one will suffice. Randall; /html/fot/2006-05/msg00271.html (6,940 bytes)

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