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Old 05-01-2014, 02:26 PM
 
Location: Heart of Dixie
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It seems "marinate" and "marinade" are often misused. Marinate is a verb and marinade is a noun. I marinate my chicken in a citrus marinade. I'm not lecturing, I'm just reinforcing my own understanding.

 
Old 05-01-2014, 05:08 PM
 
Location: San Francisco
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I saw a post -- I believe it was on C-D, but I can't seem to find it here -- about travel to Hawaii. It contained this gem:

"We were given a lay upon arrival."

Now there's some island hospitality for you.
 
Old 05-01-2014, 05:28 PM
 
Location: USA
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"Hopefully we won't all get hoisted on our own batards."

Whut?
 
Old 05-01-2014, 05:56 PM
 
Location: New Mexico
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Default Anything you can do,

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Originally Posted by Rubi3 View Post
"Hopefully we won't all get hoisted on our own batards."

Whut?


Levered up by our own illegitimate French bread? It is a poser, I'll grant you.

Even less likely than a combat engineer being blown up by his own breaching charge.
 
Old 05-01-2014, 07:06 PM
 
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I saw a post -- I believe it was on C-D, but I can't seem to find it here -- about travel to Hawaii. It contained this gem:

"We were given a lay upon arrival."

Now there's some island hospitality for you.
I've been to Hawaii. I don't remember that kind of greeting.
 
Old 05-01-2014, 07:11 PM
 
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Me neither. All I got was some stupid flower necklace. A lay would have been so much more welcoming (and relaxing!).
 
Old 05-01-2014, 08:15 PM
 
Location: Western Oregon
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I think many polls here can't be answered knowledgably by anyone but a few who have studied the subject a lot.

(Guess who did that one)
 
Old 05-02-2014, 05:30 AM
 
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From the NJ Forum:

"There's abit of an upswing going in Newark and its surrounding neighborhoods.... at least 15 projects with another 40 in the pipeline for the not to distance future. The Ironbound is also seeing numerous abet smaller projects going up."

In an era when so many people believe that "a lot" is now one non-word, I guess it was inevitable that "a bit" would also morph into one non-word. The confusion about "not too distant" is a mistake that I have never seen previously, and I am assuming that "abet" is supposed to be "albeit".

Yikes!

 
Old 05-02-2014, 05:40 AM
 
Location: USA
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"Swallow foot after 2 months sprained ankle"

Seems extreme...
 
Old 05-02-2014, 06:37 AM
 
Location: Elsewhere
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Originally Posted by Rubi3 View Post
"Swallow foot after 2 months sprained ankle"

Seems extreme...
I saw that one, too. I wonder if the poster meant the bird? That would be bizarre!
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