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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 1 of 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 #14824 - 01/06/01 05:35 AM but   Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 866 stales old hand 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 #14825 - 01/06/01 09:26 AM Re: but   Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,146 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 ... #14826 - 01/06/01 03:49 PM Re: but   Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,891 belMarduk Carpal Tunnel belMarduk   Carpal Tunnel 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"? #14827 - 01/06/01 04:24 PM Re: but   Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 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 #14828 - 01/06/01 08:20 PM Re: but   Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,439 wow Carpal Tunnel wow   Carpal Tunnel 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 #14829 - 01/06/01 08:37 PM Re: but   Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 3,409 Max Quordlepleen Carpal Tunnel Max Quordlepleen   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 3,409 Wow pleaded:But why the but? Dunno. Might be anastrophe but. #14830 - 01/06/01 08:44 PM Post deleted by musick   Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 2,661 musick Carpal Tunnel musick   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 2,661 Chicago #14831 - 01/06/01 08:54 PM Re: but   Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,538 tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,538 this too shall pass >"No. Chocolate's not bad but" the anastrophe explanation makes more sense.... no; but chocolate's not bad. #14832 - 01/07/01 12:22 AM Re: but   Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Jackie 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. #14833 - 01/07/01 12:34 AM Re: anastrophic 'buts'   Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 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 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, ...) (Old) Weekly themes. 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