Kudo to Key

[Slyer]

Do you pronounce kudos as koo-dohz or koo-dohs?

[Forest]

The word is kudos, not kudo. Americans and other idiots have derived a singular version from the original Greek and should be hung, drawn and quartered for (more) abuse of language. Look it up in a real English dictionary. Kudo belongs in the same draw as aluminum and gotten.

Gahh! Thud.

I forget to add that I'm surprised to see that you don't consider "gotten" to be a proper english verb.

It has been a part of the english language for almost one thousand years. It comes from the middle-english verb "geten", which in turn came from the old-english verb "gietan".

[SARGE]

It has been a part of the english language for almost one thousand years.

Hitcher is afraid of these newfangled ideas..

"Back When I was a kid, we still said UGH!"

[riffer]

I forget to add that I'm surprised to see that you don't consider "gotten" to be a proper english verb.

It has been a part of the english language for almost one thousand years. It comes from the middle-english verb "geten", which in turn came from the old-english verb "gietan".

Really? I was under the impression that "gotten" was actually a bastardised past participle of "got", being a derivative of a non-finite verb. It doesn't appear in any dictionary I own.

[Slyer]

It's not as bad as "gots".

[KiwiKat]

The word is kudos, not kudo. Americans and other idiots have derived a singular version from the original Greek and should be hung, drawn and quartered for (more) abuse of language. Look it up in a real English dictionary. Kudo belongs in the same draw as aluminum and gotten.

Gahh! Thud.

Should be abuses not abuse as not a singular version in context.

[Slyer]

It can still be singular as it's referring to general abuse and not anything specific.

[Forest]

Really? I was under the impression that "gotten" was actually a bastardised past participle of "got", being a derivative of a non-finite verb. It doesn't appear in any dictionary I own.

You need a better dictionary.

Gotten is simply the past participle of get. It hasn't been bastardised. I'm sure your dictionary includes the following compound words: forgotten, begotten, ill-gotten etc

I can't link directly to the OED online (it is a subscription service) but here is a quick alternate link:

Origin:
1150–1200; (v.) ME geten < ON geta to obtain, beget; c. OE -gietan (> ME yeten), G -gessen, in vergessen to forget; (n.) ME: something gotten, offspring, deriv. of the v.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/gotten

[Dave Lobster]

Like wow. Far out. Awesome. Eeeee!

Oh my guard...

[Hitcher]

However Aluminum is actually the historically correct spelling.

Buy a Periodic Table of the Elements. See what it says for Al, atomic number 13.

[Skyryder]

Buy a Periodic Table of the Elements. See what it says for Al, atomic number 13.

a·lu·mi·num (-lm-nm)
n. Symbol Al
A silvery-white, ductile metallic element, the most abundant in the earth's crust but found only in combination, chiefly in bauxite. Having good conductive and thermal properties, it is used to form many hard, light, corrosion-resistant alloys. Atomic number 13; atomic weight 26.98; melting point 660.2°C; boiling point 2,467°C; specific gravity 2.69; valence 3. See Table at element.

[Skyryder]

Do you pronounce kudos as koo-dohz or koo-dohs?

I think it's ku-doe's

[MisterD]

I think it's ku-doe's

Well I'm Northern, so it's kudos to rhyme with the operating system.

[Pixie]

The word is kudos, not kudo. Americans and other idiots have derived a singular version from the original Greek and should be hung, drawn and quartered for (more) abuse of language. Look it up in a real English dictionary. Kudo belongs in the same draw as aluminum and gotten.

Gahh! Thud.

Alumium is the original form of the word given to the metal by Humphry Davy.he then changed it to Aluminum.
Aluminium is a Johnny come lately

PS it's Drawer

[Colapop]

Tomatoes anyone? How does John Key say it?