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Title: my word thread Post by: action man on September 25, 2010, 06:01:29 PM a thread about the english language, things that have always bugged me about words in context etc.
Which happens the least often i rarely go to the pub i seldom go to the pub which is greater in size enormous gigantic Title: Re: my word thread Post by: Woodsey on September 25, 2010, 06:05:51 PM a thread about the english language, thinks that have always bugged me about words in context etc. Which happens the least often i rarely go to the pub i seldom go to the pub which is greater in size enormous gigantic You think too hard about shit. Get back to your MTT's........ :) Title: Re: my word thread Post by: Laxie on September 25, 2010, 06:18:38 PM Tighty will have heart failure when he sees this thread! rotflmfao
Title: Re: my word thread Post by: TightEnd on September 25, 2010, 06:19:58 PM FML
Puts thread on ignore. Title: Re: my word thread Post by: pleno1 on September 25, 2010, 06:51:58 PM b) for both imo.
Title: Re: my word thread Post by: Tonji on September 25, 2010, 07:58:50 PM b) for both imo. Title: Re: my word thread Post by: action man on September 25, 2010, 08:11:55 PM personally i think rarely is less often
agree with gigantic Title: Re: my word thread Post by: Laxie on September 25, 2010, 08:18:23 PM Since Tighty has the thread on 'ignore', it's safe to reply. I was going to pick B for the first and A for the second. Can someone please hide this thread from Kin now. K thnx
Title: Re: my word thread Post by: ad010 on September 25, 2010, 08:20:14 PM Have you spent the afternoon with mary jane trigg?
Title: Re: my word thread Post by: gatso on September 25, 2010, 08:23:43 PM gigantic is bigger. enormous means very big whereas gigantic is right at the top of the range. e.g. a normal sized great dane is an enormous dog but not gigantic. an enormous great dane is a gigantic dog (or substitute whatever the biggest breed of dog is if it's not a GD)
not sure on rarely and seldom, I'm gonna call it a dead heat Title: Re: my word thread Post by: mondatoo on September 25, 2010, 08:27:34 PM Gigantic >>>>>>>>> Enormous
Seldom<<<<<<<<<< Rarely Title: Re: my word thread Post by: AndrewT on September 25, 2010, 11:23:07 PM I think seldom is just a posh rarely, but would agree that gigantic has an element of superlative that enormous just doesn't have.
Title: Re: my word thread Post by: GreekStein on September 25, 2010, 11:39:39 PM I think seldom is just a posh rarely, but would agree that gigantic has an element of superlative that enormous just doesn't have. nail on head Title: Re: my word thread Post by: thetank on September 25, 2010, 11:43:03 PM You hear some Ginormous but you don't get any engantic.
Why bring the Gi to the normous unless to add something to the normous that En just can't do. Agree with all the above, Gigantic is biggah Title: Re: my word thread Post by: Laxie on September 25, 2010, 11:44:21 PM Oh keeeeeeerist! Ironstein is reading the thread. It's all downhill from here on out.
Title: Re: my word thread Post by: AndrewT on September 25, 2010, 11:54:21 PM You hear some Ginormous but you don't get any engantic. Why bring the Gi to the normous unless to add something to the normous that En just can't do. Agree with all the above, Gigantic is biggah At the risk of posting without googling, I think Ginormous was a word invented by Terry Wogan. Title: Re: my word thread Post by: Laxie on September 26, 2010, 12:06:40 AM And 9 times out of 10 you'd hear me say ginormous over gigantic. In fact, make it 100% of the time. Hence the delay in replying. Just couldn't get me head round a word I never use.
Title: Re: my word thread Post by: TightEnd on September 26, 2010, 12:08:54 AM And 9 times out of 10 you'd hear me say ginormous over gigantic. In fact, make it 100% of the time. Hence the delay in replying. Just couldn't get me head round a word I never use. Oh no. Shudder. |