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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 1 of 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 but #14824 01/06/01 05:35 AM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 866 Perth, Western Australia stales OP old hand OP stales old hand Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 866 Perth, Western Australia Are we in Oz unique in our overuse/misuse of "but"? Give you a typical example.... Question : "Do you like caramel?" Answer : "No. Chocolate's not bad but" Believe it or not folks! stales Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: but #14825 01/06/01 09:26 AM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,146 Northamptonshire, England Capital Kiwi Carpal Tunnel Capital Kiwi Carpal Tunnel Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,146 Northamptonshire, England In spite of intensive quarantine regulations being formulated and enforced vigorously by immigration and customs, it's crossed the Tasman. And it's as insidious as the possum ... The idiot also known as Capfka ... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: but #14826 01/06/01 03:49 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,891 B belMarduk Carpal Tunnel belMarduk Carpal Tunnel B Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,891 Well, do you add anything after the "but"? Does the sentence finish there or continue to clarify; or is your point that they should use "however"? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: but #14827 01/06/01 04:24 PM Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC >Are we in Oz unique in our overuse/misuse of "but"? >Answer : "No. Chocolate's not bad but" Usually when I am going to call someone that, I spell it with two t's. TEd Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: but #14828 01/06/01 08:20 PM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,439 New England, USA W wow Carpal Tunnel wow Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,439 New England, USA Are we in Oz unique in our overuse/misuse of "but"? Give you a typical example.... Question : "Do you like caramel?" Answer : "No. Chocolate's not bad but" But why the but? wow Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: but #14829 01/06/01 08:37 PM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 3,409 M Max Quordlepleen Carpal Tunnel Max Quordlepleen Carpal Tunnel M Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 3,409 Wow pleaded:But why the but? Dunno. Might be anastrophe but. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Post deleted by musick #14830 01/06/01 08:44 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 2,661 Chicago musick Carpal Tunnel musick Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 2,661 Chicago Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: but #14831 01/06/01 08:54 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass >"No. Chocolate's not bad but" the anastrophe explanation makes more sense.... no; but chocolate's not bad. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: but #14832 01/07/01 12:22 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky I have it on irrefutable authority that this is a manner of speech, used in a similar way to how some Canadians add "eh" on to the end of a sentence. Rhetorically, I reckon, eh. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: anastrophic 'buts' #14833 01/07/01 12:34 AM 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 out is the jury on this one.... I'm thinking it may be a way to ameliorate what you say, so as not to cause undue offense, as in the rising intonation at the end of a sentence, apparently originating in Oz but having gained widespread use(age) among American teen-age girls in the last decade....(?*) ['awaiting wet-noodle flogging' emoticon] ---- *insert rising intonation here Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 1 of 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 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,... 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