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It's hard to say... Language is a very fluid thing and is meant to evolve. Meanings change which is fair enough.


Presenlty is a good example of that. I only learned that historically it only used to mean "soon" after reading a book as a teenager.




El Pibe Wrote:

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> Which neatly brings us back to my question, when

> does common usage overrule incorrect usage?

>

> All dictionaries now acknowledge the common usage

> of enormity, there's a quite clear etymological

> path for one to segue to the other for instance,

> and I'm already prepared to accept defeat on trope

> even though that's a very recent import from the

> states.

>

> Ooh there's another, I'm seeing segway instead of

> segue a fair bit recently, that really bring on

> the wet clowns mantra

Thinking about it the segway -> segue thing could be my mistake.

Perhaps that's how i'm inferring the meaning, but the writer is trying to use it metaphorically in another way, something about looking like a complete twat as you ge from a to b, which I've managed several times on this thread alone!!!


"I eventually segwayed to the conclusion that..."

El Pibe Wrote:

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> 'irregardless' is one that winds me up no end, a

> pointless conflation of regardless and

> irrespective, I give it five years before it's in

> the OED :(



Totally agree with El Pibe - and would add "with regards to..." which should be either "with regard to..." or "with regards..."

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