rocker
msg:3340875 | 12:12 pm on May 16, 2007 (gmt 0) |
How about "Your Point Is Mute" :)
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weeks
msg:3341021 | 2:53 pm on May 16, 2007 (gmt 0) |
Yeah, I believe someone such as William Safire got on "I could care less" several years ago. But, he seemed somewhat accepting of it, as if it ever made sense to say "I could care less" is the same as "I could not care less." What is especially annoying about this is that "I could care less" is a useful phrase. Or rather, could be. It could--should--mean, "the more I hear about it, the less I care about it."
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weeks
msg:3341028 | 2:58 pm on May 16, 2007 (gmt 0) |
So, what is wrong with saying "mute" instead of "moot." Lots.
Your point is quieted. (And then it should be "muted.")
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Your point does not (or no longer) applied to this situation. A muted point is a quiet/silenced statement.
A moot point is a invalid statement.
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Syzygy
msg:3341060 | 3:09 pm on May 16, 2007 (gmt 0) |
Irregardless, I couldn't careless! Syzygy
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jdMorgan
msg:3341112 | 3:44 pm on May 16, 2007 (gmt 0) |
Ah, but "moot" is another one that's often misused: Moot \Moot\, a. Subject, or open, to argument or discussion; undecided; debatable; mooted.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) In the context of a meeting, a point is moot if it is not relevant to the purpose of the meeting, but must be or should be decided later or elsewhere. But often, "moot" is used as if it means that the issue has already been decided by default. There are several other definitions: Arguing a case or position, often in the sense of "practicing" to attain proficiency in the art of debate or arguing law; A meeting or assembly, as in "folk-moot" or "Ent-moot"; Presenting a point or a case for discussion. Irregardless, a. To irrigate (e.g. to water crops or lawns) in a negligent or irresponsible manner. "Though the community was subject to water-usage restrictions because of the recent drought, he turned on his lawn sprinklers irregardless." :) Jim
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jatar_k
msg:3341119 | 3:53 pm on May 16, 2007 (gmt 0) |
the use of 'weary' I am weary of that person/situation/whatever looks fine, except so many people use weary when they mean, either, wary or leery they mean cautious, not tired.
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jdMorgan
msg:3341151 | 4:31 pm on May 16, 2007 (gmt 0) |
And how about "lose" versus "loose?" Game warden to archer: "Hunting season is closed. But you went into the woods with 20 arrows and returned with only 19. So, did you lose an arrow, or did you loose an arrow?" Jim
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mightymid
msg:3341218 | 5:40 pm on May 16, 2007 (gmt 0) |
I'm casting my vote for "I feel badly," which is generally meant as an expression of sympathy but literally states that one's ability to feel is impaired. (Try it out with other verbs: I drive badly. I sing badly. See?)
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oneguy
msg:3341300 | 7:10 pm on May 16, 2007 (gmt 0) |
| And how about "lose" versus "loose?" |
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That's my favorite, since I usually see it in the context of one "loser" calling another "loser" a "looser."
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