100 Words Every High School Graduate Should Know...
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If you are able to use these words correctly, you are likely to have a superior command of the language. laissez faire ... is French.
Much of the English language has developed by including/stealing words and phrases from other languages. This works both ways: take, for instance, the French use of 'Le Breakfast'. The roots of many English words can be traced back to Latin: when I were a lad Latin (and Greek for a year) were a standard part of the curriculum and some Latin is still used; e.g. 'quid pro quo', 'et al' and so on. Sadly I remember little of those lessons since I didn't particular enjoy them as the teacher was not especially good.
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V. wrote:
you are likely to have a superior command of the language.
They didn't specify which language it was :rolleyes:
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Much of the English language has developed by including/stealing words and phrases from other languages. This works both ways: take, for instance, the French use of 'Le Breakfast'. The roots of many English words can be traced back to Latin: when I were a lad Latin (and Greek for a year) were a standard part of the curriculum and some Latin is still used; e.g. 'quid pro quo', 'et al' and so on. Sadly I remember little of those lessons since I didn't particular enjoy them as the teacher was not especially good.
Smorgasbord. :->
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I'm going to memorize every single one of these words, and then make a concerted effort to never use any of them.
That is just churlish...
regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa
Shog9 wrote:
And with that, Paul closed his browser, sipped his herbal tea, fixed the flower in his hair, and smiled brightly at the multitude of cute, furry animals flocking around the grassy hillside where he sat coding Ruby on his Mac...
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The Grand Negus wrote:
What does Alt+F4 do? Everytime I hit it the window disappears so I can't see the results.
I think you have a virus in your computer.
Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself. - Cicero
Windows eh?
regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa
Shog9 wrote:
And with that, Paul closed his browser, sipped his herbal tea, fixed the flower in his hair, and smiled brightly at the multitude of cute, furry animals flocking around the grassy hillside where he sat coding Ruby on his Mac...
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they've got to be kidding [^] :wtf: if I used any of those words at a company social event, I would surely get very strange looks...even more than I get now :-> Steve
"Euro" is a word many people graduating in the USA don't know? Crikey. I see they slipped "impeach" in there. Guess we know which side of the political divide wrote this list. "plagiarize" made me laugh. Ten bucks says the people who don't know the word sure know how to do it. And now my challenge, to all ye guttersnipes wot English use badly; List the letters of the alphabet not represented in the list (as used at the start of the word only.)
regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa
Shog9 wrote:
And with that, Paul closed his browser, sipped his herbal tea, fixed the flower in his hair, and smiled brightly at the multitude of cute, furry animals flocking around the grassy hillside where he sat coding Ruby on his Mac...
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Windows eh?
regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa
Shog9 wrote:
And with that, Paul closed his browser, sipped his herbal tea, fixed the flower in his hair, and smiled brightly at the multitude of cute, furry animals flocking around the grassy hillside where he sat coding Ruby on his Mac...
No, the 10 fingered kind :)
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No, the 10 fingered kind :)
Oh god no, not users!
regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa
Shog9 wrote:
And with that, Paul closed his browser, sipped his herbal tea, fixed the flower in his hair, and smiled brightly at the multitude of cute, furry animals flocking around the grassy hillside where he sat coding Ruby on his Mac...
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It's some kind of weird system operation. It seems to close applications... Handy in some cases ;P You might want to mail microsoft about it, maybe they fix it in the next version of Windows.
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Smorgasbord. :->
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they've got to be kidding [^] :wtf: if I used any of those words at a company social event, I would surely get very strange looks...even more than I get now :-> Steve
vehement hey - I Know that! :D notarize bowdlerize yuck. substantized words.
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they've got to be kidding [^] :wtf: if I used any of those words at a company social event, I would surely get very strange looks...even more than I get now :-> Steve
They missed out "Do", "you", "want", "fries", "with" and "that".
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The Grand Negus wrote:
What does Alt+F4 do? Everytime I hit it the window disappears so I can't see the results.
The Alt+F4 combo will never work, when you desperately want it to work. When you hit it by mistake, it never fails to work. :-D
Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself. - Cicero
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they've got to be kidding [^] :wtf: if I used any of those words at a company social event, I would surely get very strange looks...even more than I get now :-> Steve
Great addition to BS generators' dictionary :)
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they've got to be kidding [^] :wtf: if I used any of those words at a company social event, I would surely get very strange looks...even more than I get now :-> Steve
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The Grand Negus wrote:
Allow me a brief soliloquy on the subject, with no bellicose overtones, and with no intent to display unnecessary acumen in the matter. Spurning, then, both circumlocution and chicanery, I give you my view (bowdlerized for fitness in the Lounge). Your churlish and supercilious remarks against the antebellum system of education in this country will probably not cause anyone here to abjure, though a few may view your post as an auspicious opportunity to inculcate their own beliefs...
Can you restate that in plain English? :~
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they've got to be kidding [^] :wtf: if I used any of those words at a company social event, I would surely get very strange looks...even more than I get now :-> Steve
you mean you didn't know these at the start of your freshman year? I probably could've defined 80-90% of the list by 4th grade.
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they've got to be kidding [^] :wtf: if I used any of those words at a company social event, I would surely get very strange looks...even more than I get now :-> Steve
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they've got to be kidding [^] :wtf: if I used any of those words at a company social event, I would surely get very strange looks...even more than I get now :-> Steve
A good chunk of those words have to deal with biology, math, physics and literature. Most of those words we did cover in my high school so I think it is a good test. Do I use them in daily conversation? No. Confuses the locals.
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they've got to be kidding [^] :wtf: if I used any of those words at a company social event, I would surely get very strange looks...even more than I get now :-> Steve
*lugubrious thoughts abut the education of todays youth* :rolleyes:
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