When did "Medireview" = Medieval???

[Ashtal]

Nani?

What da heck is dat?

Is it some other combination word? Or something?

Like, how is this word a better descriptor than medieval, unless it has a slightly different and more specific meaning?

And you literally trip over the word when you come to it in the sentence. How Medi + Review makes sense...I know not. I'm no linguistic paragon, but, wow, that word makes no sense. This is coming from a girl who routinely makes up words, too, or adds new meanings.

 

[Castellan]

It would be hilarious if this became a real word after it's widespread appearance as a mistake.

Not unlike the Merriam-Webster online dictionary listing a "correct" pronunciation of the word "nuclear" as nucular!!!

 

[Ashtal]

Thanks for the links above, folks. I pulled out a paragraph for some context:

SEW- Writers are told to 'write what they know.' I prefer to say we should 'write what we love.' That is the quick answer to this question: choosing to write Scottish medievals is writing what I know and I love best. I am of Scottish descent and fascinated by medireview history, so choosing this setting came naturally. A deeper answer would be that my ideas come from places. Places capture my imagination. Be it a brooding old house on a cliff top, a castle ruin, or a circle of ancient standing stones, such places thrum with a sense of timelessness, and whisper their secrets to those sensitive enough to hear. The Highlands and Isles of Scotland abound with such places and I enjoy listening. The Highlands were and are peopled by heroic larger-than-life men and courageous women. Blood runs hot there, loyalty and honor mean everything, and passions are fierce. These qualities coupled with the wildly romantic scenery make an excellent backdrop for medireview romances.

Okay, it sounds like it's refering to something a little different than just plain old 'medieval', since the plural is used early on in the paragraph. I'm guessing it's a genre term, refering to a certain novel style, and not a straight out replacement for the word 'medieval'.

Dammit, now I have this word on the brain. I hope you people are happy.

 

[Wolfspider]

Not unlike the Merriam-Webster online dictionary listing a "correct" pronunciation of the word "nuclear" as nucular!!!

This is the way a lot of people pronounce the word, so it's as valid and correct as any other way. (If you couldn't tell, I'm hardly a prescriptionist when it comes to language. )

 

[Aaron L]

You're kidding! That is one of my biggest pet peeves, people pronouncing nuclear that way.

And it's not a valid way to pronounce it, even if many people ( president G Dub) do say it that way. No more valid than pronouncing toadstool as "bunny."

 

[Wolfspider]

You're kidding! That is one of my biggest pet peeves, people ronouncing nuclear that way.

I used to get all in an uproar about little things like pronounciation and the rules of grammar. After I studied linguistics, however, I came to realize that language is a living thing that changes everyday. Linguistic change is inevitable, despite what all the grammarians have to say about it.

So I let it go.

 

[Aaron L]

Oh, I don't get angry or flip out or anything, I just correct the people I here pronounce it incorrectly>

 

[Pielorinho]

I'm not a grammar prescriptionist either, at least in theory.
But there are a few "mistakes" that make my flesh crawl, even though I know that in grammar, "mistakes" is a misnomer.

Misuse of it's. Crawling skin.
Bad use of quotation marks ("Food" served here!) -- Crawling
Skin.
Pronunciation of "nuclear" as "nukular." Crawling skin.

This may not be fair, and it may not be true to my philosophy of language use. But my mind and my skin don't always agree.

Daniel

 

[Wolfspider]

I know, I have pet peeves too. Using quotes everywhere, like in your "food" example, drives me nuts. We're only human.

 

[KDLadage]

Personally, "I" think that using "quotes" in your writing can be a good way to "emphasize" a word, or ven a "particular phrase" within the writing.

It is the "overuse" of such elements that can make "my" skin crawl.