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OP Dear tsuwm: the only thing I have against the OED is their presenting gross errors in word
usage, without any comment. I don't advocate prescriptivism, but such things as "negative ullage"
burn me up.
I am really surprised that I could find only the one quote using "longeur". The English have a
talent for mangling French, and this is a good example.I still get a chuckle out of the scene in
"Grande Illusion" in the POW camp, when the Frenchman tries to tell a Colonel Blimp type about
the tujnel.
What name can anybody give for the metaphor that would change "length" into "something too long"?
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted longeur wwh 02/12/03 02:23 AM Re: longeur tsuwm 02/12/03 03:42 AM Re: longeur maahey 02/12/03 05:05 AM Re: longeur wwh 02/12/03 01:37 PM Re: longeur WhitmanO'Neill 02/12/03 01:49 PM Re: longeur wwh 02/12/03 01:57 PM Re: longueur tsuwm 02/12/03 03:20 PM Re: longueur WhitmanO'Neill 02/12/03 03:32 PM Re: longueur wwh 02/12/03 03:42 PM Re: longueur wwh 02/12/03 04:03 PM Re: longeur wwh 02/12/03 03:31 PM Re: longeur dxb 02/12/03 03:40 PM Re: longeur WhitmanO'Neill 02/12/03 03:48 PM Re: longeur WhitmanO'Neill 02/12/03 03:53 AM
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