I have to defer, Walt, to your way more better appreciation of what it takes
to be pure, original, and American - nobody does it better :-))
And your self-correction of that weird word is noted - I confess I wasn't
100% sure myself. "I before E except after C" continues into a second verse
"but do not forget, please, the little word SEIZE" - I will leave you to
conjure up the rest.
--
Piers
-----Original Message-----
From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Walt Wayman
Sent: 15 December 2005 15:21
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [OM] Re: OT English as she is spoke OT
Ah, but it would seem you have Britished* (or should I say "Britishized"?)
it up a bit. In the pure and original American form, it would be "a way
more better example," rather than the somewhat more elegant "way more better
an example." Just an observation. :-)
Walt
*Verbing a noun, which wierds language, like Calvin said
--
"Anything more than 500 yards from
the car just isn't photogenic." --
Edward Weston
-------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "Piers Hemy" <piers@xxxxxxxx>
--snip-->
>and in that respect way more better an example*.
>
--snip--
> --
> Piers
>
> * For casual readers, please note the deliberate non-conventional (for
> British English) usage of reduplicated comparatives, for artistic effect.
>
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