I hear \"awesome\" and 10 nano seconds later I\'ve judged the person as a moron, and when I hear \"impacted\" when they mean \"affected\" I think \"illiterate slob\". I can\'t help myself.
Harsh? Maybe. but 99.999% of the time it\'s an accurate predictor...
I have a feeling that it won\'t be all that much longer before \"impacted\" accepted in the way that you hate. It\'s already just about there. It\'s a natural outgrowth of the secondary meaning dating to the earlyish 1900\'s.
If you use \"awesome\" as your moron detector I\'m afraid you will end up labeling 99.99999999999999999999999999999% of the people you meet who are under 45 as morons.
I hear \"awesome\" and 10 nano seconds later I\'ve judged the person as a moron, and when I hear \"impacted\" when they mean \"affected\" I think \"illiterate slob\". I can\'t help myself.
Harsh? Maybe. but 99.999% of the time it\'s an accurate predictor...
I have a feeling that it won\'t be all that much longer before \"impacted\" accepted in the way that you hate. It\'s already just about there. It\'s a natural outgrowth of the secondary meaning dating to the earlyish 1900\'s.
If you use \"awesome\" as your moron detector I\'m afraid you will end up labeling 99.99999999999999999999999999999% of the people you meet who are under 45 as morons.
Jun 17, 2010 at 01:15 AM
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