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* Re: Silly wordsbruce bowser
`* Re: Silly wordsPeter T. Daniels
 `* Re: Silly wordsbil...@shaw.ca
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Subject: Re: Silly words
From: bruce2bo...@gmail.com (bruce bowser)
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 by: bruce bowser - Thu, 16 Jun 2022 21:53 UTC

On Thursday, July 25, 1991 at 12:12:58 PM UTC-4, Paul A Madden wrote:
> I posted a few days ago about troubles i've had with PC-inspired terminology
> at the newspaper where i work and have really enjoyed the discussion on the
> subject so far. An interesting one came up the other day that is just too
> warped to ignore: An AP-wire news story contained the word "peoplehood," and
> i suppose that the fact that i was so flabergasted

I wonder if there is a present/present perfect tense for that: flabbergasting? to flabbergast? I've never heard of those.

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Subject: Re: Silly words
From: gramma...@verizon.net (Peter T. Daniels)
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 by: Peter T. Daniels - Sat, 18 Jun 2022 13:53 UTC

On Friday, June 17, 2022 at 11:28:12 PM UTC-4, bil...@shaw.ca wrote:
> On Thursday, June 16, 2022 at 2:53:57 PM UTC-7, bruce bowser wrote:
> > On Thursday, July 25, 1991 at 12:12:58 PM UTC-4, Paul A Madden wrote:

> > > I posted a few days ago about troubles i've had with PC-inspired terminology
> > > at the newspaper where i work and have really enjoyed the discussion on the
> > > subject so far. An interesting one came up the other day that is just too
> > > warped to ignore: An AP-wire news story contained the word "peoplehood," and
> > > i suppose that the fact that i was so flabergasted
> > I wonder if there is a present/present perfect tense for that: flabbergasting? to flabbergast? I've never heard of those.
>
> The Oxford lists it as a verb, transitive. But the only form in current use seems to be "flabbergast".
>
> No, I don't know whether there was a time and/or place when a sentence such as
> "I'm going to flabbergast him" would be used and understood.

Let's try not to encourage the bowser's exhumations of threads from
another century and an earlier generation.

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Subject: Re: Silly words
From: bill...@shaw.ca (bil...@shaw.ca)
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 by: bil...@shaw.ca - Sat, 18 Jun 2022 20:10 UTC

On Saturday, June 18, 2022 at 6:53:51 AM UTC-7, Peter T. Daniels wrote:
> On Friday, June 17, 2022 at 11:28:12 PM UTC-4, bil...@shaw.ca wrote:
> > On Thursday, June 16, 2022 at 2:53:57 PM UTC-7, bruce bowser wrote:
> > > On Thursday, July 25, 1991 at 12:12:58 PM UTC-4, Paul A Madden wrote:
>
> > > > I posted a few days ago about troubles i've had with PC-inspired terminology
> > > > at the newspaper where i work and have really enjoyed the discussion on the
> > > > subject so far. An interesting one came up the other day that is just too
> > > > warped to ignore: An AP-wire news story contained the word "peoplehood," and
> > > > i suppose that the fact that i was so flabergasted
> > > I wonder if there is a present/present perfect tense for that: flabbergasting? to flabbergast? I've never heard of those.
> >
> > The Oxford lists it as a verb, transitive. But the only form in current use seems to be "flabbergast".
> >
> > No, I don't know whether there was a time and/or place when a sentence such as
> > "I'm going to flabbergast him" would be used and understood.

> Let's try not to encourage the bowser's exhumations of threads from
> another century and an earlier generation.

Point taken. That time, I didn't look at the posting date.

bill

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Subject: Re: Silly words
From: bruce2bo...@gmail.com (bruce bowser)
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 by: bruce bowser - Sun, 19 Jun 2022 20:02 UTC

On Saturday, June 18, 2022 at 4:10:13 PM UTC-4, bil...@shaw.ca wrote:
> On Saturday, June 18, 2022 at 6:53:51 AM UTC-7, Peter T. Daniels wrote:
> > On Friday, June 17, 2022 at 11:28:12 PM UTC-4, bil...@shaw.ca wrote:
> > > On Thursday, June 16, 2022 at 2:53:57 PM UTC-7, bruce bowser wrote:
> > > > On Thursday, July 25, 1991 at 12:12:58 PM UTC-4, Paul A Madden wrote:
> >
> > > > > I posted a few days ago about troubles i've had with PC-inspired terminology
> > > > > at the newspaper where i work and have really enjoyed the discussion on the
> > > > > subject so far. An interesting one came up the other day that is just too
> > > > > warped to ignore: An AP-wire news story contained the word "peoplehood," and
> > > > > i suppose that the fact that i was so flabergasted
> > > > I wonder if there is a present/present perfect tense for that: flabbergasting? to flabbergast? I've never heard of those.
> > >
> > > The Oxford lists it as a verb, transitive. But the only form in current use seems to be "flabbergast".
> > >
> > > No, I don't know whether there was a time and/or place when a sentence such as
> > > "I'm going to flabbergast him" would be used and understood.
>
> > Let's try not to encourage the bowser's exhumations of threads from
> > another century and an earlier generation.
>
> Point taken.

In that case, you're free to go back to bragging about your days as a reporter.

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