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Old 08-03-2013, 06:55 PM
 
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A title in CD:

"I'm not enjoying the obiqtious 2.0L DI Turbo motor!!"


What?
I saw that too. I'm so ignorant of all things automotive, I thought it might be a legitimate word. Did a quick scan through the thread and no one seemed to question it's usage. So is it a real word or just a tortured version of "ubiquitous"?

 
Old 08-03-2013, 07:09 PM
 
Location: USA
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I saw that too. I'm so ignorant of all things automotive, I thought it might be a legitimate word. Did a quick scan through the thread and no one seemed to question it's usage. So is it a real word or just a tortured version of "ubiquitous"?
My thinking coincides with yours.
 
Old 08-03-2013, 11:29 PM
 
Location: Heart of Dixie
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...question it's usage...
Uh - oh...
 
Old 08-04-2013, 05:29 AM
 
Location: Sudcaroland
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"a fashion fopa"
OK, faux pas is a foreign expression, but still... If you can't spell it, why use it?
 
Old 08-04-2013, 05:35 AM
 
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Uh - oh...
Oops! You got me!
 
Old 08-04-2013, 06:06 AM
 
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"a fashion fopa"
OK, faux pas is a foreign expression, but still... If you can't spell it, why use it?
The same could be said for, "voila", which--more often than not--seems to be rendered as, "viola".

When I see somebody post the word, "viola", in a non-musical context, I usually ask what a stringed musical instrument has to do with the topic under discussion.
Sometimes they actually get my point, but that type of recognition is rare, in my experience.

 
Old 08-04-2013, 10:22 AM
 
Location: Sudcaroland
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The same could be said for, "voila", which--more often than not--seems to be rendered as, "viola".

When I see somebody post the word, "viola", in a non-musical context, I usually ask what a stringed musical instrument has to do with the topic under discussion.
Sometimes they actually get my point, but that type of recognition is rare, in my experience.

Some might say they typed too fast.
It drives me nuts when voila is spelled "wala".
 
Old 08-04-2013, 05:28 PM
 
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Some might say they typed too fast.
That is true, but--in most cases--they would be lying in order to try to conceal their...compromised...literacy.

 
Old 08-04-2013, 05:35 PM
 
Location: Elsewhere
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Some might say they typed too fast.
It drives me nuts when voila is spelled "wala".
I see wala/walla a lot, too. I didn't know what they were even trying to write until I read it on this thread.
 
Old 08-04-2013, 06:13 PM
 
Location: near bears but at least no snakes
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I'm sick and tired of apostrophe's in all the word's people write these day's.
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