Which was recently included in the dictionary.
Why? Simply because of usage.
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OT: as OT as OT gets. I had my last Peanut Butter Cup.
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Which dictionary? To be fair, dictionaries are simply a record of words-in-use, so not too much use to the militant pedant.
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Does not matter to me, what I am really good at is troubleshooting things (mainly electronic circuitry) and I have yet to meet one that required I properly address it in English.
Mark
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If I understand corretly, you're saying that its a simple case of 'force of _habit_', eh?
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It's "a hospital" in BrE (and sometimes "a hotel"). What part of the UK are you in??
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Well, he -wasn't- an electrician, or a conductor, was he?
OTOH, there was the person who was absolutely flabbergasted to see a person 'drop trou' in a public venue. It was reported that the look on their face was the faze of the moon.
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That last form _IS_ a correct usage. For which the indicated treatement is usually to administer penecillin.
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Professor 'Enry 'Iggins takes exception to your categoriztion.
George Bernard Shaw concurs.
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Yeah?
Just what term *would* you use to describe doing something "without irregard"?
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Owens Corning has a registered trademark on the color PINK. (for their fiberglas insulation.)
The Boston Red Sox hold a trademark on the shade of green that the stadium wall is painted. You _can_ get paint in that shade, but part of the price is a royalty to the ball team.
E.I. Du Pont has -- many years ago -- trademarked the oval, as a unique design element in their logo.
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Same for "conversate".
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Don't anybody tell Ford that.
Do you have a source for that information? I can't find anything on the duPont site that suggests that an oval, devoid of the word "duPont", is a registered trademark. Further, the US Patent and Trademark office has no record of a geometric figure being registered to DuPont.
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With regard, or more likely, a headache and a cup of tea.
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..and what's with that "fact of the matter" crap, eh?
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It's probably the aliens.
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"commentate" "orientate"
People seem to be too hungry to speak properly, as they what to "ate" everything. (that was terrible)
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A line from a Pete Seeger tune.
Lew
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regurgitate
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Try using "gurgitate" in place of "eat" or "consume" and watch the expressions. Art
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I like the usage of such words as "supposably" and "irregardless"
Try using "gurgitate" in place of "eat" or "consume" and watch the expressions. Art
regurgitate
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While I would concede that you would aspirate the H of hospital when not using the indefinite article : "I have to go to hospital", you wouldn't do so when talking in the abstract.
I cannot think of any occasion when I would aspirate the H of hotel.
Warwickshire.
How would you spell the name of the letter 'H'?
JG