And yet, isn't "Thou shalt not bear false witness" one of the Big Ten?
That's Notre Dame.
You do well to flee, townspeople! I will pillage your lands and dwellings! I will burn your crops and make merry sport with your more attractive daughters! Ha ha ha! Mark my words! Ooh! Ale! I smell delicious ale!
Olaf the Troll ,'Showtime'
Natter 69: Practically names itself.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Aims - Feb 10, 2012 3:15:05 pm PST #21370 of 30001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Polter-Cow - Feb 10, 2012 3:17:59 pm PST #21371 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I suspect I have been using "hopefully" incorrectly, because I have no idea what incorrectly is. ?
Hopefully, you are using it to mean "full of hope," as in, "The poor orphan girl looked up hopefully at the stodgy rich man," and not as I have used it, to mean "I hope."
Vortex - Feb 10, 2012 3:29:47 pm PST #21372 of 30001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Cheaper (but not as awesome) leg bone leggings - [link]
Why is the model wearing high heels? Call me an old fogey, but leggings should be worn with flats!
Polgara - Feb 10, 2012 3:32:22 pm PST #21373 of 30001
Karma is a cat, sleeping in my lap cuz it loves me. ~TS
Hopefully, you are using it to mean "full of hope," as in, "The poor orphan girl looked up hopefully at the stodgy rich man," and not as I have used it, to mean "I hope."
Huh. In that case, yes, I'm definitely in the wrong camp. I think I'm ok with that, though.
bon bon - Feb 10, 2012 3:42:00 pm PST #21374 of 30001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
YOU ARE NOT DOING IT WRONG. Hopefully is not wrong. Nauseous is not wrong. "Begs the question" is not wrong. There isn't actually a fact of the matter, other than sheer pedantry.
msbelle - Feb 10, 2012 3:47:14 pm PST #21375 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
sits with bon bon in the 'we're all right' corner. Come join us, and wear the world as your hat.
-t - Feb 10, 2012 3:47:15 pm PST #21376 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Popular usage of "begs the question" bugs me because I first learned the logical fallacy and having everyone use the phrase to mean something else makes it that much harder to remember my logical fallacies. Logic and I need all the help we can get keeping our relationship cordial.
I use hopefully "wrong" all the time, though. I do consider whether it is confusing or ambiguous when I do, and it usually isn't, so I go right ahead.
Steph L. - Feb 10, 2012 3:49:52 pm PST #21377 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Popular usage of "begs the question" bugs me because I first learned the logical fallacy
Me, too. But I think that ship has sailed. Like "decimate."
ION, Tim's niece is such a Buffista spirit baby.* I just caught her on Facebook squeeing over the BBC Sherlock, which she just finished watching.
*(She's double majoring in physics and philosophy and we geeked out about comics over the holidays and she's thinking about going to seminary after college. I love her.)
bon bon - Feb 10, 2012 3:57:17 pm PST #21378 of 30001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
I have never ever had cause to use the technical meaning of "begs the question" and assume that in a technical context, its technical use is clear. I only assume so, because in all my life, I only know the technical meaning of "begs the question" from stylistic disputes, not from actual usage. Keep in mind: I am married to a philosopher. That ship has not only sailed, it sailed into There Be Dragons.
ETA: stylistic disputes isn't even the right phrase. More, attempts to remove a perfectly useful phrase from common usage.
Ginger - Feb 10, 2012 4:02:01 pm PST #21379 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I have almost given up on decimate, but some misuses, such as "The fire decimated the house," do make me wince.