Skip to comments.
'Jackass' star Ryan Dunn dies in fiery Pa. crash
WFSB ^
Posted on 06/20/2011 3:48:46 PM PDT by matt04
click here to read article
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20, 21-40, 41-45 last
To: Ed Condon
I didn’t know that...thanks
41
posted on
06/21/2011 4:41:04 PM PDT
by
Cuttnhorse
(Obama; a skid mark on the undershorts of American history.)
To: luvbach1
Careen is nautical term for heeling a boat over, and that is the only definition in my Oxford English Dictionary. When a word is misused for years, lesser dictionaries will cave in and start listing the misuse as a secondary meaning. The fact is that careen got this misuse because it sounds like "career."
Something similar is happening today with the word "eke," which means to supplement. Because it reminds people of "squeak," it is frequently being used to mean "barely get by," as in "Bush eked out a victory over Gore."
To: hellbender
Careen is nautical term for heeling a boat over, and that is the only definition in my Oxford English Dictionary. Don't mean to argue but my source for the meaning(s) of careen was the Random House Unabridged Dictionary. The fact remains that words do have more than one meaning.
43
posted on
06/22/2011 11:35:57 AM PDT
by
luvbach1
(Stop Obamania in 2012)
To: luvbach1
Did you read my explanation? Second-rate dictionaries cave in to bad popular usage. Careen never meant "to speed down a highway," and the meaning you cite came up purely due to confusion with "career."
Bad diction like this is getting to be increasingly common as a result of our dumbed-down undisciplined school system. Inaccurate language contributes to inaccurate thinking, which leads to bad politics.
To: Proud_USA_Republican
Last news report I saw said his speed was 140 or so. If he left the road doing 90, that’s plenty fast enough...
45
posted on
06/23/2011 11:23:58 AM PDT
by
MikeJ
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20, 21-40, 41-45 last
Disclaimer:
Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual
posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its
management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the
exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson