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> Language purist..., *fluff kind of*
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LeChatNinjah
post 03/12/2012, 09:23 PM
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Because I can.
Taking it off FB because no one agrees with me except Badge, who is clearly terribly intelligent.

I KNOW the terms "mad" and "angry" are colloquially used interchangeably. It has been pointed out to me that most of the world's major dictionaries agree, using the proviso "colloquial" or "informal".

I still don't like, it, won't use it and pull my kids up on using it.

I will never admit that I'm wrong, because it's my choice whether or not to use certain colloquial terms, but I'm interested to find out if there is one other single human being on the planet besides my middle child and Badger who agrees with me.

Anyone?
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BadCat
post 03/12/2012, 09:25 PM
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Will it make you mad if I don't agree? Or merely angry.
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**Xena**
post 03/12/2012, 09:27 PM
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QUOTE (BadCat @ 03/12/2012, 10:25 PM) *
Will it make you mad if I don't agree? Or merely angry.


I used p*ssed Off but then that also can mean something else can't it!
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Saecularis Angel...
post 03/12/2012, 09:27 PM
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Con Sprezzatura.
Ninjah, you know I'm happy to polemicise on purist hobby-horses with the best of them, but I think the horse has bolted here.
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Eirlys
post 03/12/2012, 09:28 PM
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QUOTE (BadCat @ 03/12/2012, 10:25 PM) *
Will it make you mad if I don't agree? Or merely angry.


Ha!

So I can understand your fury, what (to you) is the difference in the meanings of the words?
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Pooks*potters
post 03/12/2012, 09:34 PM
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They mean different things. I will use "mad" when appropriate, but I don't think it applies every time that "angry" would apply, IYKWIM.

But when people use it, you know what they mean, therefore it was used correctly. All language has to do is communicate, so if it does, it's right.
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Gudrun
post 03/12/2012, 09:35 PM
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You, of course, can say whatever you like but the use of 'mad' to mean 'angry' is now firmly entrenched. Even in the olden days we could get 'hopping mad' about something and remain clinically sane.

This post has been edited by Gudrun: 03/12/2012, 09:38 PM
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LeChatNinjah
post 03/12/2012, 09:37 PM
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Because I can.
Nothing makes me "mad" unless I go off my meds for too long wink.gif

Pooks, you say you'll use mad when appropriate. When is it appropriate in your opinion?
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Sinister Bonnet
post 03/12/2012, 09:44 PM
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Do you want me to drag out the etymology again? wink.gif
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Eirlys
post 03/12/2012, 09:45 PM
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Lechatninja j'aime votre nom. And I agree they do mean two different things.
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