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| March 25, 2009 - 09:08:31 :-D 5 Garry the Scotsman |
| March 25, 2009 - 12:46:13 Geeze, you take all that trouble not to lose them, then just carelessly toss them to the preacher, what if they had gone careening off into the redwoods? 5 |
| March 25, 2009 - 17:01:39 Your score: +1 point for correct spelling of "lose" but -1 point for unusual variant spelling of "Jeez." But then +1,000 points for giving me a high rating and +50 for the use of "careening." I'm ignoring the comma between the first sentence and the following independent clause; it should have been a semicolon. Or a period. paperdummy |
| March 25, 2009 - 17:17:43 Or should it be "careering"? 5 Pere |
| March 25, 2009 - 17:21:49 Absolutely. The second vowel (any vowel) in a series of two is silent and makes the first vowel long (unless they blend). The silent ending "e" is not needed to make any internal vowels long. It would, in fact, be a second independent syllable, much like the "y" in cheesy. |
| I imagine the rings were sweaty after all that worrying. Of course, they would slide on better... 5 Sam |
| March 25, 2009 - 19:03:44 SexAY! paperdummy |
| March 25, 2009 - 19:07:19 I had always thought to careen was to travel fast and out of control, and to career was to go as if thrown. Turns out, after a quick perusal of Webster, that to careen is to lurch from side to side (or merely to lean over); to career is to rush wildly. Huh. Learn something new every day. paperdummy |
| March 25, 2009 - 19:10:53 Sam: |
| My feeling is that since Jeez is a euphemism for Jesus, it oughta have a 'J' at the start. You're right, in addition, about the unneccessary silent 'e' on the end of Geeze. But I also want to call your attention to both geezer and geese, which suggest that Geeze would also have a hard 'G.' So there's my real grievance. paperdummy |
| March 25, 2009 - 23:50:04 Very true. However, like many "live" languages, the words evolve, and are usually not influenced by the intellectuals, but by the more common, but less educated people. Thus, if there is a lazier way to say it, or any way to corrupt it, it often happens. Sam |
| March 26, 2009 - 11:05:24 Sam, I agree. I was going to try to make a joke by saying that was "presently besides the point" or something, but it just didn't come together. paperdummy |
| March 26, 2009 - 12:24:27 Don't forget, careen originally referred to ships, and career to horses. Susan |
| March 26, 2009 - 13:44:31 Can you tell me how to get, how to get to Sinsemilla Street? James Conrad |
| March 26, 2009 - 20:33:53 James, I have no idea what your comment means. |
| Susan: I didn't know that! Better that way than the other way around though. paperdummy |
| March 27, 2009 - 08:56:39 The American Heritage has a pretty good usage note about the distinction, and there's an even better one in their Book of Usage. |
| Susan |
| March 27, 2009 - 12:44:50 This is the most grammatically-aware crowd. paperdummy |
