...a verb used in British English for some 500 years
(whence e.g. "administrator" - though "administerer" is also found)
OT: More things that annoy me...
Mar 22, 2023
Last reply: 3 years ago
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Surely it would be 'omahj (if it really is French).
What's wrong with 'administer'?
Nukeler power....
Actually I looked that one up. The root is a burglar. In the UK we made up a verb to 'burgle' In the USA they did the other.
Well some people do say it that way. To me its hommidge
NooKooLah
I love the yankls on you tube 'soddering' their circuits together
Nothing. But English is not limited to just one word for any given meaning.
And they talk about using an automobile for transportation instead of a car for transport. Why use 3 letters when 10 will do? :)
We used it here in the past. The (first) 'A' in AA and RAC stands for 'automobile'.
In message snipped-for-privacy@jrenewsid.jretrading.com>, Joe snipped-for-privacy@jretrading.com writes
Although they certainly used to, I don't think the Americans use 'automobile' (simply for 'car') very much any more.
AndroidAuto vs Apple CarPlay
Run?
"Multi..." has been fashionable among biens-pensants for some decades.
When I was a student, the one that used to amuse me was "multi-national companies" (a hate term, of course).
The normal way of saying it would be "international companies".
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