What a wonderful thing English is!

Post by **RogerRust** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 3:16 pm

What I want to know is what happed to the other words?
We have “Refurbish” - what happened to furbish?
Dismantle ........... what’s wrong with mantle?

Any other suggestions

Oh, how I long to be ert ain and funked!!!

Roger

Post by **Orkney** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 3:43 pm

Well if somethings refurbished then presumably its already been furbished - come to that is getting furbished is it = getting a slap from a gang of those pesky interactive toys that were once all the rage?

What about when you fix your parafin lamp - are you dismantling the mantle or refurbishing it thats what i'd like to know

Post by **NZJLY** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 9:30 pm

How easy is it to be gruntled? Some people seem to get disgruntled so easily

But the one that always gets me is why flammable and inflammable seem to mean the same thing

And being Saturday I am happily gruntled

John

Post by **RogerRust** » Mon Aug 27, 2007 1:43 pm

Dismayed - why not mayed?

Post by **bigginger** » Mon Aug 27, 2007 2:17 pm

Oi! That was mine

Post by **jtd.75** » Mon Aug 27, 2007 2:40 pm

wer wuz u going when i seen you coming back

Post by **bigginger** » Mon Aug 27, 2007 5:26 pm

Pardon? Is that a question to me?

Post by **8009STEVE** » Mon Aug 27, 2007 6:53 pm

wer wuz u going when i seen you coming back

Your not from Zomerzet are you?

Post by **bigginger** » Mon Aug 27, 2007 6:56 pm

Born and bred in the city and county of Bristol. so I just managed to escape that...

Post by **NZJLY** » Tue Aug 28, 2007 10:41 am

Why do we use disinhibited, when hibited is so much easier?

Post by **bigginger** » Tue Aug 28, 2007 12:23 pm

We don't, on the whole

'Inhibited' and 'uninhibited', I think you're grasping for

Post by **Orkney** » Tue Aug 28, 2007 1:20 pm

Born and bred in the city and county of Bristol

I always had the misconception that bristol was in Zummerzet county wise before it became avon?

Post by **bigginger** » Tue Aug 28, 2007 1:22 pm

Nope, it was a city AND county

Post by **Orkney** » Tue Aug 28, 2007 1:30 pm

Well learn something every day !
its where i was born (allegedly that or found under a stone or somesuch LOL ) but had always thought it was then in the county of Zummerzet.
Oh well I'm not a zider drinking carrot cruncher by birth then - cheers BG youv destroyed my linear heritage for future generations

Post by **bigginger** » Tue Aug 28, 2007 1:55 pm

Sorry - we still managed to drink an awful lot of cider, anyway

Post by **chickenjohn** » Tue Aug 28, 2007 2:22 pm

RogerRust wrote:What I want to know is what happed to the other words?
We have “Refurbish” - -snip-

I have often wondered about "restored", does the car have to be "stored" for a while before being "restored"?

Post by **bigginger** » Tue Aug 28, 2007 2:46 pm

Some agreement over the exact etymology, and it seems that 'restore' isn't a paired word, sorry

"1297, "to give back," also, "to build up again, repair," from O.Fr. restorer, from L. restaurare "repair, rebuild, renew," from re- "back, again" + -staurare, as in instaurare "restore.""

"Origin: 1250–1300; ME restoren < OF restorer < L restaurāre"

Post by **chickenjohn** » Tue Aug 28, 2007 3:08 pm

1250 eh?? etymology, is that the study of insects?

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Entomology, from the Greek: entomo-/εντομο- "that which is cut in pieces or engraved/segmented", hence "insect"; and logos/λόγος, "knowledge",[1] is the scientific study of insects. Insects have many kinds of interactions with humans and other forms of life on earth, so it is an important specialty within biology. Though technically incorrect, the definition is sometimes widened to include the study of terrestrial animals in other arthropod groups or other phyla, such as arachnids, myriapods, earthworms, and slugs."

I think its fitting that the word restore is a very old word in the English langauge, although many cars do seem to be "stored" for an extended period before being "restored". And then subequently stored between car shows/ rallies.

Post by **Orkney** » Tue Aug 28, 2007 4:19 pm

Well what about rejuvenated ? anyone heard of anything that was simply juvenated ???

Post by **bigginger** » Tue Aug 28, 2007 4:42 pm

Hmm - can't find 'juvenate' anywhere. not even the OED. Seems unlikely, since it's related to juvenile and such, but there it is

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