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Subject: Re: [OM] [OT]Irony - was Caution etc...
From: Roger Wesson <roger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 08 May 2002 12:10:09 +0100
Tom, you're being extremely provocativical!  I'm offendicated by these
incorrect spellizations and neologismicalifications.

<grin>

Roger

Tom Scales wrote:
> 
> Uh, Chris, obligated is a pretty common word 'over here' where we speak
> 'real' English and don't waste time with extra u's in color and humor.
> 
> :)
> 
> Tom
> who also knows how to spell check and jail
> 

...

> What really bothers me though is that a perfectly good word like
> "obliged" is discarded for a word made up from a noun = obligation...
> obligated!  By that process we might derive a monster like
> "pressurisated" from pressurisation  - what was wrong with "pressure"
> or even "press"?
> 
> All right, I've finished :>).
> 
> Chris

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