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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread languaging up #141822 04/08/2005 10:47 AM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 maverick Carpal Tunnel maverick Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 … which Potter defines as "to confuse, irritate and depress by the use of foreign words, fictitious or otherwise." http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/03/opinion/03sun3.html (catching up on the last few days!) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: languaging up #141823 04/08/2005 11:02 AM Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 273 NZ Vernon Compton enthusiast Vernon Compton enthusiast Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 273 NZ Nope. Don't see it. There's a certain je ne sais quoi about his weltanschauung that just doesn't sit well with me. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: languaging up #141824 04/08/2005 11:40 AM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 maverick Carpal Tunnel maverick Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 But Potter's work was something of a leitmotiv for that post-werre yet pre-fin-de-siecle age, don't you think? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: languaging up #141825 04/08/2005 1:55 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York D'accord. He certainly captures the Zeitgeist of la generation perdu. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: languaging up #141826 04/08/2005 2:05 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont you guys sound like a bunch of gangstas... formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: languaging up #141827 04/08/2005 9:45 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 I'd say it was just another puis de fantu almerique Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter 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 Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary 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 Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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