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Page 1 of 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 > Topic Options #14824 - 01/06/01 12:35 AM but stales old hand Registered: 11/13/00 Posts: 866 Loc: 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 Top #14825 - 01/06/01 04:26 AM Re: but Capital Kiwi Carpal Tunnel Registered: 11/13/00 Posts: 3146 Loc: 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 ... Top #14826 - 01/06/01 10:49 AM Re: but belMarduk Carpal Tunnel Registered: 09/28/00 Posts: 2891 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"? Top #14827 - 01/06/01 11:24 AM Re: but TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel Registered: 07/17/00 Posts: 3467 Loc: 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 Top #14828 - 01/06/01 03:20 PM Re: but wow Carpal Tunnel Registered: 11/25/00 Posts: 3439 Loc: 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 Top #14829 - 01/06/01 03:37 PM Re: but Max Quordlepleen Carpal Tunnel Registered: 08/12/00 Posts: 3409 Wow pleaded:But why the but? Dunno. Might be anastrophe but. Top #14830 - 01/06/01 03:44 PM Post deleted by musick musick Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/24/00 Posts: 2661 Loc: Chicago Top #14831 - 01/06/01 03:54 PM Re: but tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Registered: 04/03/00 Posts: 10538 Loc: this too shall pass >"No. Chocolate's not bad but" the anastrophe explanation makes more sense.... no; but chocolate's not bad. Top #14832 - 01/06/01 07:22 PM Re: but Jackie Carpal Tunnel Registered: 03/15/00 Posts: 11613 Loc: 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. Top #14833 - 01/06/01 07:34 PM Re: anastrophic 'buts' AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Registered: 03/15/00 Posts: 6511 Loc: 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 Top Page 1 of 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 > Previous Topic Index Next Topic Preview 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 consolidated into a single forum above) ------   Words from medicine   Beheading words   Meta-words   Words from classical mythology   Animal Safari   Words with unusual etymologies   Eponyms or words derived from people's names.   Loanwords from German   English as a global language Moderator:  Jackie  Print Topic Switch to Threaded Mode View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts Forum Stats 8946 Members 16 Forums 13866 Topics 222187 Posts Max Online: 3341 @ 12/09/11 02:15 PM Newest Members Daksh1, geoffhargreaves, Guadalupe, may2point0, Lonnie 8946 Registered Users Who's Online 0 registered (), 79 Guests and 4 Spiders online. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters (30 Days) wofahulicodoc 62 LukeJavan8 53 may2point0 16 Tromboniator 3 May 3 geoffhargreaves 1 Top Posters wwh 13858 Faldage 13803 Jackie 11613 tsuwm 10538 LukeJavan8 8429 Buffalo Shrdlu 7210 wofahulicodoc 6785 AnnaStrophic 6511 Wordwind 6296 of troy 5400

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