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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 2 of 2 1 2 Re: Recent false splitting Faldage #170013 09/15/07 03:22 PM Joined: May 2002 Posts: 1,529 Aladamnbama the most watered s... T themilum veteran themilum veteran T Joined: May 2002 Posts: 1,529 Aladamnbama the most watered s... Down south your so-called false splitting is just a noteworthy attempt to correct the inconsistencies of book English, in example... If I had my druthers, I'd druther have my druthers Than work any wheres at all It ain't that I hates it, I often contemplates it while watchin' the rain drops fall I sits there for hours, developin' my powers a figurin' how flowers gets tall If I had my druthers I'd druther have my druthers than anything else at all. Please note that using the phrase If I had had my rathers is clumsy and although the two hads are necessary for proper English the use of two hads is obviously redundant. Now please note that the phrase I'd druther serves just as well and has had the added attribute of inspiring the song above from the broadway play Lil' Abner . See? Last edited by themilum; 09/15/07 03:36 PM. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Recent false splitting themilum #170014 09/15/07 04:13 PM Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh Another false splitting is sport. The s is really part of the supposed prefix de- that got dropped. From French desport 'pleasure' > desporter 'to divert', cf. disport. Ceci n'est pas un seing. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Recent false splitting Zed #170024 09/17/07 10:25 AM Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 1 S Sigmafoos stranger Sigmafoos stranger S Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 1 A whole nother false conjunction, if there is such a thing, is "alot." It appeared in print about ten years ago, not in the sense of "to apportion," but in the sense of "much." It popped up first in e-mails -- hurry, hurry -- but then went public in a lame slogan on the billboards for a Cincinnati radio station: "If you miss a day, you miss alot." Last edited by Sigmafoos; 09/17/07 10:26 AM. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 2 of 2 1 2 Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,412 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 927 guests, and 4 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 35 A C Bowden 26 LukeJavan8 4 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,583 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,922 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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