Case File #004: The Turkey Problem

[saidhe]

now where'd the damned turkey get off to?


[ ps feel free to godmod the turkey okay go ]

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[saidhe]

you don't find the true usage of a word despite how colloquialisms may have bastardized it useful?

[ i mean, come on, who wouldn't. ]

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[learnedtosmile]

It might be interesting, but language is always changing. I'd think it would be more useful to know how a word is used now, whether it's a colloquialism or not.

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[saidhe]

dredging up the question of what precisely 'now' entails, of course. can now really be construed as 'now' when people are from a variety of nows and thens? how to tell what language is modern when you've a plethora of examples.

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[learnedtosmile]

You win. There's a reason I didn't major in linguistics or philosophy.

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[saidhe]

oh, well, neither did i. but that's not to say the english language isn't fascinating in all aspects. you're more of a to the point sort of thing.