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  • N Nagy Vilmos

    This morning Mrs Wife said something to one of our daughters in Hungarian; nothing exciting there. I, the non-Hungarian, pointed out that she had made a grammatical, and thus semantical [happy now, you b'ards!], mistake in the way she had conjugated the verb. I was right. [I'll sleep on the sofa tonight :-D ] [edit out tipping error] [edit out editted out miss take]


    Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. or "Drink. Get drunk. Fall over." - P O'H

    modified on Friday, February 26, 2010 4:54 AM

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    Nagy Vilmos wrote:

    I, the non-Hungarian

    Uhmmmmm........... :-D

    If the Lord God Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon the Creation, I would have recommended something simpler. -- Alfonso the Wise, 13th Century King of Castile.
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    • N Nagy Vilmos

      This morning Mrs Wife said something to one of our daughters in Hungarian; nothing exciting there. I, the non-Hungarian, pointed out that she had made a grammatical, and thus semantical [happy now, you b'ards!], mistake in the way she had conjugated the verb. I was right. [I'll sleep on the sofa tonight :-D ] [edit out tipping error] [edit out editted out miss take]


      Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. or "Drink. Get drunk. Fall over." - P O'H

      modified on Friday, February 26, 2010 4:54 AM

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      Mark_Wallace
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      Nagy Vilmos wrote:

      she had made a grammatical, and thus semantically, mistake

      ITYM "semantic". Skitt's law shows no mercy.

      I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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      • M Marcus_Idle

        sorry but... " she had made a grammatical, and thus semantically, mistake " i.e. " she had made a semantically mistake "?

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        Nagy Vilmos
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        No, I think the grammer mistake was first and that changed the meaning of what she intended to say.


        Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. or "Drink. Get drunk. Fall over." - P O'H

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          Nagy Vilmos wrote:

          I, the non-Hungarian

          Uhmmmmm........... :-D

          If the Lord God Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon the Creation, I would have recommended something simpler. -- Alfonso the Wise, 13th Century King of Castile.
          This is going on my arrogant assumptions. You may have a superb reason why I'm completely wrong. -- Iain Clarke
          [My articles]

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          Nagy Vilmos
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          CPallini wrote:

          Nagy Vilmos wrote: I, the non-Hungarian Uhmmmmm

          It's a nom de net. My real name's terribly English sounding; even though my heritage is Irish/Scot [or even Scotch].


          Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. or "Drink. Get drunk. Fall over." - P O'H

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          • N Nagy Vilmos

            No, I think the grammer mistake was first and that changed the meaning of what she intended to say.


            Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. or "Drink. Get drunk. Fall over." - P O'H

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            Marcus_Idle
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            see below (Mark Wallace's post) again, I'm sorry, but you're asking for it

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            • R Rajesh R Subramanian

              Grammarians[^] usually sleep on the couch. :)

              “Follow your bliss.” – Joseph Campbell

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              Nagy Vilmos
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              That is too close!


              Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. or "Drink. Get drunk. Fall over." - P O'H

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              • M Mark_Wallace

                Nagy Vilmos wrote:

                she had made a grammatical, and thus semantically, mistake

                ITYM "semantic". Skitt's law shows no mercy.

                I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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                Dalek Dave
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                Is that the one that postulates... "In any response highlighting a spelling or grammatical error, that response has a better than 90% chance of itself containing an error"?

                ------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave

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                • M Mark_Wallace

                  Nagy Vilmos wrote:

                  she had made a grammatical, and thus semantically, mistake

                  ITYM "semantic". Skitt's law shows no mercy.

                  I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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                  Nagy Vilmos
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                  Try semantical.


                  Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. or "Drink. Get drunk. Fall over." - P O'H

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                  • M Marcus_Idle

                    see below (Mark Wallace's post) again, I'm sorry, but you're asking for it

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                    Nagy Vilmos
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                    wot eva! ;P


                    Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. or "Drink. Get drunk. Fall over." - P O'H

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                    • N Nagy Vilmos

                      Try semantical.


                      Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. or "Drink. Get drunk. Fall over." - P O'H

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                      Dalek Dave
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                      No, Semantic, in this case, is the adjective.

                      ------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave

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                      • D Dalek Dave

                        No, Semantic, in this case, is the adjective.

                        ------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave

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                        Nagy Vilmos
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                        Oh blx.


                        Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. or "Drink. Get drunk. Fall over." - P O'H

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                        • D Dalek Dave

                          No, Semantic, in this case, is the adjective.

                          ------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave

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                          AspDotNetDev
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                          According to my dictionary, both forms are valid. Main entry is "semantic", which lists one variant, "semantical". I, however, don't like the sound of "semantical".

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                            According to my dictionary, both forms are valid. Main entry is "semantic", which lists one variant, "semantical". I, however, don't like the sound of "semantical".

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                            Nagy Vilmos
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                            I love the sound of semantical, thank you.


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                            • N Nagy Vilmos

                              Try semantical.


                              Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. or "Drink. Get drunk. Fall over." - P O'H

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                              peterchen
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                              Nonono, it's semantilistic!

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                              • N Nagy Vilmos

                                I love the sound of semantical, thank you.


                                Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. or "Drink. Get drunk. Fall over." - P O'H

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                                AspDotNetDev
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                                Sounds obstusely fantastical, if you ask me.

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                                  Nonono, it's semantilistic!

                                  Agh! Reality! My Archnemesis![^]
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                                  Rage
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                                  Wrong thread, the CCC is one below.

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                                  • N Nagy Vilmos

                                    No, I think the grammer mistake was first and that changed the meaning of what she intended to say.


                                    Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. or "Drink. Get drunk. Fall over." - P O'H

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                                    Media2r
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                                    Kelsey Grammer, or did I miss anything? ;P //L

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                                    • M Mark_Wallace

                                      Nagy Vilmos wrote:

                                      she had made a grammatical, and thus semantically, mistake

                                      ITYM "semantic". Skitt's law shows no mercy.

                                      I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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                                      "Symbology? I think the word you are looking for is SYMBOLISM..." I'm not one for symbolism. I leave that to the symbol minded people. //L

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                                      • N Nagy Vilmos

                                        This morning Mrs Wife said something to one of our daughters in Hungarian; nothing exciting there. I, the non-Hungarian, pointed out that she had made a grammatical, and thus semantical [happy now, you b'ards!], mistake in the way she had conjugated the verb. I was right. [I'll sleep on the sofa tonight :-D ] [edit out tipping error] [edit out editted out miss take]


                                        Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. or "Drink. Get drunk. Fall over." - P O'H

                                        modified on Friday, February 26, 2010 4:54 AM

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                                        Rage
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                                        Nagy Vilmos wrote:

                                        [edit out editted out miss take]

                                        edited ? mistake ? :)

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                                        • R Rage

                                          Nagy Vilmos wrote:

                                          [edit out editted out miss take]

                                          edited ? mistake ? :)

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                                          Nagy Vilmos
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                                          Bwahoohaha! You fell into my wicked trap!


                                          Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. or "Drink. Get drunk. Fall over." - P O'H

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