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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 2 of 2 1 2 Re: fishing for doses Zed #172922 01/28/08 03:14 AM Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh any expression [...] that is so overused as to lose impact and which is used instead of thinking creatively of a new phrase Pity the poor soul who doesn't realize his frisson is (another sod's) cliché. By this definition, most of our English common vocabulary is très cliché and eschew-worthy. Perchance we can all start using Xhosa or Friulian lemmata for quotidian words like the and be. Ceci n'est pas un seing. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: clichés- idiomatics BranShea #172923 01/28/08 05:00 AM Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 155 M morphememedley member morphememedley member M Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 155 shot in the arm has been around for a very long time; whatever it is, it shows no sign of metamorphosing. Coverage of the US presidential horserace has give it a fresh boost—notice I didn't say shot in the arm. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: clichés- idiomatics morphememedley #172924 01/28/08 05:46 AM Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague BranShea OP Carpal Tunnel OP BranShea Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague I'm not against clichés. It's very tiring to have to invent and hear newitties all the time. I just thought "lion's share" to be an old but useful piece of language. Not a cliché. Which I set against an expression which I think has really lost meaning. That, as I think ZM said , may be a very subjective choice. I guess all languages are full of chlichés. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: fishing for doses zmjezhd #172928 01/28/08 11:37 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Originally Posted By: zmjezhd Perchance we can all start using Xhosa. Andikwazi ukuthetha isiXhosa. And I can pronounce Xhosa, thanks to you, Nuncle. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: clichés- idiomatics BranShea #172929 01/28/08 11:44 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Originally Posted By: BranShea I'm not against clichés. It's very tiring to have to invent and hear newitties all the time. I just thought "lion's share" to be an old but useful piece of language. Not a cliché. I'm with you there, BranShea. I was just saying that the sort of person who complains about language shift happening is also the sort who would complain about (over)use of clichés. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: clichés- idiomatics BranShea #172933 01/28/08 01:45 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 Originally Posted By: BranShea ... It's very tiring to have to invent and hear newitties all the time. ... Yet you just did! And it's a goodie! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: agglutination, tones, and clicks! Faldage #172943 01/28/08 04:53 PM Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh Andikwazi ukuthetha isiXhosa. Ndithetha isiXhosa kancinci nje. But seriously: a- 'not' + ndi- 'I' + kwazi 'able', uku- 'to' + thetha 'speak', isi- 'language' + Xhosa 'Xhosa'. Ceci n'est pas un seing. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Shot in the arm morphememedley #172951 01/28/08 06:44 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,891 B belMarduk Carpal Tunnel belMarduk Carpal Tunnel B Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,891 Well this one is new for me. I'm assuming it came onto the scene at the same time as vaccinations. I've heard, and used, "to give it a shot" to mean "to give it a try", but that's about it. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Shot in the arm belMarduk #172954 01/28/08 07:03 PM Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague BranShea OP Carpal Tunnel OP BranShea Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague In the meantime zmjezhd and Faldage are exchanging the most flagrant clichés in Xhosa.... 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