More fun with words, YEAH!!

[ElectricBlue]

independent

pendant.

Why?

Different meanings, different words.

independent (adj.) 1610s, "not dependent on something else," from in- (1) "not, opposite of" + dependent. French independant is attested from c. 1600; Italian independente from 1590s. In English originally of churches, nations; in reference to persons from 1660s.

From Anglo-Norman pendaunt, Middle French pendant, noun use of adjective. ( architecture). A supporting post attached to the main rafter. [from 14th c.] A piece of jewellery which hangs down as an ornament, especially worn on a chain around the neck. [from 15th c.] The dangling part of an earring. [from 16th c.]

 

[jaF0]

Yes, but if you wear the chain independent of the pendant .....

 

[SamScribble]

A throng is a bunch while a thong is very little.

The thong is ended
But the melody lingers on

 

[SamScribble]

The thong is ended
But the melody lingers on

You and the thong are gone,
But the melody lingers on

I have it stuck in my head now

 

[Rustyoznail]

Panty/panties...

I've been editing a couple of Indian writer's stories and they both use "panty". I originally changed it to "panties", but "panty" appears as common usage in India, so I leave it.

 

[jaF0]

The thong is not the thame.

 

[Rustyoznail]

The thong is not the thame.

When I first of "thong" relating to underwear, I wondered how anyone could wear these on their bits.

 

[JaxRhapsody]

"Pants" is pluralized because they were originally made with the legs as separate parts, so you wore two (a pair) of them. The usage continued after they became one item. Maybe shorts, boxers, and briefs are pluralized because "pants" is pluralized.

Panty is the singular of "panties" and it does get some use. I think "Pantyhose" is singular.

If that's the case then a skirt should be a "pant".

 

[Handley_Page]

I think Ogg explained this one a while back

 

[jaF0]

Regarding distance ... further vs. farther

'We could take a different route, but it might be (further/farther).'

Not to further the debate on this thread.

 

[mynameisben]

Regarding distance ... further vs. farther

'We could take a different route, but it might be (further/farther).'

Not to further the debate on this thread.

The distinction is very simple if you bother to use a dictionary. Use farther when referring to distances, and use further when you are not.


Ben

 

[jaF0]

Feigned vs pretended.

Is feigned a word you'd use more than once?

I have one line, "I jumped up and feigned anger" and then a half page or so later, it comes back in the form of ' I feigned losing my balance and ‘fell’ into his lap'.

I guess I could use ' I pretended to lose my balance and ‘fell’ into his lap' or 'Acting as if I'd lost my balance, I ‘fell’ into his lap' .

 

[JanusGoneAwry]

Where is the comic Gallagher when you need him? Besides smashing watermelons I mean.

https://youtu.be/Mfz3kFNVopk

 

[jaF0]

Indispensable: Non dispensable, not easy to get along without.
Insoluble: Non soluble
Informal: Non formal

Inflammable: Not non-flammable

 

[Handley_Page]

When I first of "thong" relating to underwear, I wondered how anyone could wear these on their bits.

We call them 'flip-flops'.

 

[Tio_Narratore]

Indispensable: Non dispensable, not easy to get along without.
Insoluble: Non soluble
Informal: Non formal

Inflammable: Not non-flammable

Blame it on the Romans. The Latin prefix -in denotes both into and not. Flammable was coined in 1813 , derived from the Latin flammare (to catch fire), possibly in an attempt to resolve the confusion concerning inflammable (inflammare - capable of catching fire), a term used in English since the 1600s. Current usage favors flammable and non-flammable.

 

[Tio_Narratore]

Unless "Goose" is a proper noun, then it is indeed "Gooses". (Three Grumman Gooses bobbed gently in the River Swan.)

I don't know about the river, but I've seen some grubby geezers begging for a bob in Swansea!

 

[jaF0]

'Gifted' vs. gave, got, received ....

My friend gifted me this widget.

My friend gave me this widget as a gift.

I got this widget from my friend as a gift.

I gave this to my parents on their anniversary.



Until the last few years, the only context I'd ever seen for 'gifted' was in relation to smarter kids ... the child was gifted ....