The "I Didn't Comment in Another Thread" Thread

[Levistus's_Leviathan]

If English loan words were spelled sensibly, our spelling bees would be terribly boring.

Most other languages don't have spelling bees.

 

[Hussar]

Although, to be fair, in Japan they do have contests about Kanji (the Chinese characters) routinely. Similar sort of thing.

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Wowsers, watching a 5 year old account with less than 2 dozen posts commit suicide by post is both impressive and sad. I just don't get it.

And, YUPPERS, made my saving throw to join into THAT conversation as well. Two for two this week. Dayum.

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And since we're talking about language, I've got one that bugs me more than pizza toppings. Where the hairy heck did "on accident" come from? It keeps cropping up in weird places and it's just so weird. When did we suddenly replace one two letter preposition with another two letter preposition? It's not like it even becomes easier to say. Just bloody weird.

 

[Parmandur]

" I have come up with this convoluted scenario where a group of friends might successfully eat the pizza that they ordered and have a good time. Clearly the pizzeria has failed in designing a sufficiently challenging dining experience."

 

[Ryujin]

And since we're talking about language, I've got one that bugs me more than pizza toppings. Where the hairy heck did "on accident" come from? It keeps cropping up in weird places and it's just so weird. When did we suddenly replace one two letter preposition with another two letter preposition? It's not like it even becomes easier to say. Just bloody weird.

It seems to be a regional thing. No one around here uses it but I've heard it, for example, in the American South.

 

[Parmandur]

And since we're talking about language, I've got one that bugs me more than pizza toppings. Where the hairy heck did "on accident" come from? It keeps cropping up in weird places and it's just so weird. When did we suddenly replace one two letter preposition with another two letter preposition? It's not like it even becomes easier to say. Just bloody weird.

Google suggests that it is people regularizing the opposites of "accident" and "purpose." Traditionally, we do things "on purpose" but they happen "by accident." But "on accident" sounds less weird than "by purpose" if you want them to use the same preposition for consistency.

 

[Snarf Zagyg]

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Google suggests that it is people regularizing the opposites of "accident" and "purpose." Traditionally, we do things "on purpose" but they happen "by accident." But "on accident" sounds less weird than "by purpose" if you want them to use the same preposition for consistency.

A prepositional consistency is the hobgoblin on small xvarts.

 

[J.Quondam]

It's a semantic conflation of "on purpose" and "by accident" among children in the American South. As we grow up, we learn to replace the implicit doubt with the phrase, "hold my beer."

 

[prabe]

It's a semantic conflation of "on purpose" and "by accident" among children in the American South. As we grow up, we learn to replace the implicit doubt with the phrase, "hold my beer."

 

[Deset Gled]

Oh hey there, Chinese spammers. Haven't seen you around for a little while. How have you been? The kids doing well in school? Say hello to you mother for me.

 

[Snarf Zagyg]

Oh hey there, Chinese spammers. Haven't seen you around for a little while. How have you been? The kids doing well in school? Say hello to you mother for me.