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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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              • A AspDotNetDev

                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.


                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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                  peterchen
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                  Nonono, it's semantilistic!

                  Agh! Reality! My Archnemesis![^]
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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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                    • P peterchen

                      Nonono, it's semantilistic!

                      Agh! Reality! My Archnemesis![^]
                      | FoldWithUs! | sighist | µLaunch - program launcher for server core and hyper-v server.

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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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                          Media2r
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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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                              • N Nagy Vilmos

                                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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                                Rage
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                                Hey, do not quote my favorite standard excuse without my permission.

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                                • D Dalek Dave

                                  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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                                  Mark_Wallace
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                                  Dalek Dave wrote:

                                  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"?

                                  That's the one. Named after a chap on alt.usage.english, who wishes it weren't.

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

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                                  • N Nagy Vilmos

                                    Oh blx.


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

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                                    Mark_Wallace
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                                    Nagy Vilmos wrote:

                                    Oh blx.

                                    You'd get away with it. "Semantical" was added later, because people kept contracting it from the adverb ("semantically"), rather than expand it from the noun. That happens a lot.

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

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                                    • A AspDotNetDev

                                      Sounds obstusely fantastical, if you ask me.

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                                      Mark_Wallace
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                                      aspdotnetdev wrote:

                                      Sounds obstusely fantastical, if you ask me.

                                      Not obtusally?

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

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                                      • R Rage

                                        Hey, do not quote my favorite standard excuse without my permission.

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                                        Mark_Wallace
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                                        Rage wrote:

                                        Hey, do not quote my favorite standard excuse without my permission.

                                        I don't have standard excuses, just standard deviations.

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

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                                        • M Mark_Wallace

                                          aspdotnetdev wrote:

                                          Sounds obstusely fantastical, if you ask me.

                                          Not obtusally?

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

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                                          AspDotNetDev
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                                          Not fantastically so, no.

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