Model Engine Maker
General Category => Chatterbox => Topic started by: Jo on November 30, 2018, 05:44:03 PM
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I understand that the concise Oxford English Dictionary has removed words such as "tadpole", "conker", "willow" and "frogspawn" as they see them as having been dropped out of common use :headscratch:
I wonder how long before they remove all of our model engine terms as well :wallbang:
Jo
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Guess “fiddly bits” will next 8)
Whiskey
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No, Finished, Painted and Running will be next to become obscure in some circles :LittleDevil:
Luckily its a local dialect thing centred around Hampshire :mischief:
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No, Finished, Painted and Running will be next to become obscure in some circles :LittleDevil:
Luckily its a local dialect thing centred around Hampshire :mischief:
And Wellington NZ, Jason :facepalm: :Doh:
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Not a problem here.
We still speeek fluent engineeering in my shed, with the occasional profanity as well
Mike :lolb:
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with the occasional profanity
That sounds like what I call a technical term ::)
Jo
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with the occasional profanity
That sounds like what I call a technical term ::)
Jo
With biological overtones
No risk of those particular words being dropped, they are in very common use.
Mike :Jester:
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None of that is a problem - just use your old copy of the dictionary!
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Times are changing but not necessarly for the better!! Trevorc
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I understand that the concise Oxford English Dictionary has removed words such as "tadpole", "conker", "willow" and "frogspawn" as they see them as having been dropped out of common use :headscratch:
I wonder how long before they remove all of our model engine terms as well :wallbang:
Jo
Removed "tadpole" and "willow"?! Those are much used in my part of the world. :cussing:
Did they replace them with something?
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I understand that the concise Oxford English Dictionary has removed words such as "tadpole", "conker", "willow" and "frogspawn" as they see them as having been dropped out of common use :headscratch:
I wonder how long before they remove all of our model engine terms as well :wallbang:
Jo
Removed "tadpole" and "willow"?! Those are much used in my part of the world. :cussing:
Did they replace them with something?
So the tree is now called Tree Formerly Known As A Willow?
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I understand that the concise Oxford English Dictionary has removed words such as "tadpole", "conker", "willow" and "frogspawn" as they see them as having been dropped out of common use :headscratch:
I wonder how long before they remove all of our model engine terms as well :wallbang:
Jo
Removed "tadpole" and "willow"?! Those are much used in my part of the world. :cussing:
Did they replace them with something?
So the tree is now called Tree Formerly Known As A Willow?
It's probably to make way for the our generation's cricket bats, which may well be 3D printed :ThumbsDown: :ThumbsDown: :help:
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I understand that the concise Oxford English Dictionary has removed words such as "tadpole", "conker", "willow" and "frogspawn" as they see them as having been dropped out of common use :headscratch:
I wonder how long before they remove all of our model engine terms as well :wallbang:
Jo
Removed "tadpole" and "willow"?! Those are much used in my part of the world. :cussing:
Did they replace them with something?
So the tree is now called Tree Formerly Known As A Willow?
It's probably to make way for the our generation's cricket bats, which may well be 3D printed :ThumbsDown: :ThumbsDown: :help:
Like most of our baseball bats, which are aluminum most places now.
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I understand that the concise Oxford English Dictionary has removed words such as "tadpole", "conker", "willow" and "frogspawn" as they see them as having been dropped out of common use :headscratch:
I wonder how long before they remove all of our model engine terms as well :wallbang:
Jo
Removed "tadpole" and "willow"?! Those are much used in my part of the world. :cussing:
Did they replace them with something?
So the tree is now called Tree Formerly Known As A Willow?
It's probably to make way for the our generation's cricket bats, which may well be 3D printed :ThumbsDown: :ThumbsDown: :help:
Like most of our baseball bats, which are aluminum most places now.
"That's progress Jim... but not as we know it"
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Probably the real reason why words are falling out of common use is that the newer generations are not really using words and not really wanting to be precise in what they say.
Words ...Like...You Know, Not my thing 'Later.
Yno Not ltr
K
(Posted by ShopShoe, who hates texting and is going into older ages being appreciative of an old-fashioned education which included lots of writing and speaking with emphasis on using words well and who was exposed to a rich heritage of literature and art in more than one language and culture. He is also a picky maker and a follower of technical precision and believes someone can use both sides of the brain.)