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.
Wesley: I stabbed you. I should apologize for that. But I'm honestly not sure how. I think it'll just be awkward. Gunn: Good call. Wesley: Okay.
'Time Bomb'
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.
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.
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.
Consuela - Feb 10, 2012 4:03:59 pm PST #21380 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I refuse to give up on "decimate"--it means "destroys 1/10th of", damn it.
JZ, if you're around, I'm reading the comments on yesterday's NCR editorial on the contraception issue. Yay for sensible Catholics, boo for the stupid NCR editors. I was really surprised they went that way.
§ ita § - Feb 10, 2012 4:05:02 pm PST #21381 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Decimated totally gets me going. Mostly because a) it's right there in the word and b) now I'm short a word. I want a word.
leggings should be worn with flats!
This is news to me. When did that get decided?
msbelle - Feb 10, 2012 4:07:16 pm PST #21382 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
decimate is like anniversary.
bon bon - Feb 10, 2012 4:08:52 pm PST #21383 of 30001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
I don't use decimate because devastate is always better and of course, it marks me as foolish not to know the historical meaning. But that also means decimate has pretty much been removed from the language. It's too specific and too obscure. Now I'm short a word.