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    Quote Originally Posted by pritch View Post
    My pets are imply and infer, it seems to be about fifty fifty whether or not they'll be used correctly.

    One that would have had an error rate approaching 100% where I was employed was using "incidence" when they meant "incidents".
    And they all had degrees?
    Just what are you inferring..? The implications are onerous.
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    ....chimera, chaperone, (Chantal), chamois, chagrin, Champagne...

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    Chanteuse.: speaking of which.....

    oooh errrrr I'm coming over all french.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ellipsis View Post
    ....chimera, chaperone, (Chantal), chamois, chagrin, Champagne...
    Je croix que tous ces mots dont vous parlez sont des mots Francais. Ils sont pas des mots Anglais, mais emprunte aux Francais.
    Sauf que chimera. Je pense que cet mot est dire avec le 'ch' dur.
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    Quote Originally Posted by steveyb View Post
    Je croix que tous ces mots dont vous parlez sont des mots Francais. Ils sont pas des mots Anglais, mais emprunte aux Francais.
    Sauf que chimera. Je pense que cet mot est dire avec le 'ch' dur.

    ...the english language is bastardised from the , French, Germanic tongues added to the Latin and others and thats all it will ever be...no such thing as 'their words' in our's...it's all theirs...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Edbear View Post
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    Quote Originally Posted by ellipsis View Post
    ...the english language is bastardised from the , French, Germanic tongues added to the Latin and others and thats all it will ever be...no such thing as 'their words' in our's...it's all theirs...
    And then some.
    Besides most modern french is on its 5 revolution and sounds different from the lang of old.
    This is why there is such massive differences between france, french polynesia, Canada, Swiss and African French.
    Not that they would admit it - because that makes them look as bad as the English.
    Even the written stuff has changed somewhat.

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    Quote Originally Posted by avgas View Post
    Even the written stuff has changed somewhat.
    Hardly surprising, given that the language in your (perhaps too large) graphic is Latin.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hitcher View Post
    Hardly surprising, given that the language in your (perhaps too large) graphic is Latin.

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    Since this thread seems to be a suitable repository...

    In another current thread the term factoid was used to describe a small fact. This is incorrect, "factoid" was originally intended to describe something that is accepted as fact but is not. If the majority get it wrong often enough, however, their version might become the new correct version.
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    Quote Originally Posted by pritch View Post
    Since this thread seems to be a suitable repository...

    In another current thread the term factoid was used to describe a small fact. This is incorrect, "factoid" was originally intended to describe something that is accepted as fact but is not. If the majority get it wrong often enough, however, their version might become the new correct version.
    You mean like verse?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mental Trousers View Post
    You mean like verse?
    Like vice verse?
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    Quote Originally Posted by HenryDorsetCase View Post
    All my life I have said champion-chip but I was listening to an English commentator today who clearly said "champion ship".

    and I'm all like "Woah, dude, he says it like its spelled".

    That is all.
    Funny man (hope your post is in jest)

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    I would hate to loose a championchip.
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