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don't let me witness the accursing, castigating and excommunicating of that poor, benighted soul.>This would be the poor, benighted soul who had the temerity to respond to a thread of yours, tsuwm? man, you work overtime putting some verbal nouns into a post and this is the rewarding you get. http://home.mn.rr.com/wwftd/
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man, you work overtime putting some verbal nouns into a post and this is the rewarding you get.
tsuwm, when one has so high a ranking, do maledicting, excoriating and belaboring require overtime laboring?
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Walk With Me, Talk With Me, Jesus -
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To go a bit off track, I'll add the US regionalism that "talking to" can mean "going out with, dating", as in "So, Betty Sue, who are you talking to these days?" It is a Southernism, as far as I know, but the only direct experience of it I have is from my wife, who lived in Alabama for a time, so it may not be common across the entire South (Jackie?)
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How strange! In C19 England, the legal "euphemism" for adultery was, "criminal conversation!"  (A phrase which has always amused me, I must admit!)
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the legal "euphemism" for adultery was, "criminal conversation!"
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CK says talking with is a creeping Americanism.
Faldage says Heaven forfend that one use one word when three will do just as well!
CK ripostes Hang on, hang on, I didn't say creepy American, you know.
The idiot also known as Capfka ...
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Even here in Michigan, if you are "talking to" someone, it means you are going with someone, although I generally hear it in the context of the beginning of a relationship, as in "There's this one guy I'm talkin' to", followed with a silly smile  .
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Around here "talking to" may also mean a disciplinary lecture ..as in "I am going to give that child a good talking to."
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>Actuallyİ, talking with is a creeping Americanism
I first heard it about twenty years ago, along with meeting with (yuk) - why not just meet someone?
I wonder if it gained currency as a "touchy feely" term to replace the overtones of talking to (giving a good talking to) or talking down to. I hadn't heard of "talking to" meaning dating but then it is no more unrelated than "going out with". You can go out with someone, talk to them and then one day you can know them (these days the "knowing" comes along a little quicker than it used to).
We just love euphemism don't we? I must dash off to spend a penny. Ta Ta.
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