tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5430917408212835186.post4342726476649405330..comments2023-03-26T09:32:07.414+02:00Comments on Metis Meets Mittington: Golden Quotebook: On the law of valid neologismAlfred B. Mittingtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09408858308842184986noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5430917408212835186.post-42311618775319054572016-03-21T10:15:25.180+01:002016-03-21T10:15:25.180+01:00You're right, of course, I do make typos. And ...You're right, of course, I do make typos. And guess who is fond of pointing them out.Colin Davieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17034285745883721921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5430917408212835186.post-56827940367762331022016-03-21T10:14:14.644+01:002016-03-21T10:14:14.644+01:00Un parking is a one word subsitution for carpark. ...Un parking is a one word subsitution for carpark. And the advantage is . . . ?Colin Davieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17034285745883721921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5430917408212835186.post-49466242267388015772016-03-20T14:34:17.108+01:002016-03-20T14:34:17.108+01:00'Even' my boy. 'Even'. Not an inve...'Even' my boy. 'Even'. Not an invention and not punctuation. A simple typo. Which never ever ever occurs in any text of yours of course, oh immaculately faultless one!<br /><br />ComicAlAlfred B. Mittingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09408858308842184986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5430917408212835186.post-23332813825937101722016-03-20T11:09:27.037+01:002016-03-20T11:09:27.037+01:00"I bet you ever the King . . " Is this a..."I bet you ever the King . . " Is this another example of your meaningless inventions? This time in the field of punctuation.<br /><br />Only if the Americans have adopted it first.Colin Davieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17034285745883721921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5430917408212835186.post-48758090201144688262016-03-20T11:07:30.581+01:002016-03-20T11:07:30.581+01:00Euphony is everything- 'A camping' jars to...Euphony is everything- 'A camping' jars to anglo ears, however useful it is to ignorant and funny-sounding Continentals. I wonder if you can cite one example of it being used to mean a campsite or caravan park in either the UK or the USA., which are the words really used in the UK. Not 'camp ground'. I believe,<br /><br />And it's not a question of grammar or punctuation (liberal or otherwise), of course. But you will resort to any pathetic grist for your ancient, creaking, pedantic mill.Colin Davieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17034285745883721921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5430917408212835186.post-87066938078474728002012-05-06T10:42:40.722+02:002012-05-06T10:42:40.722+02:00Well, let us agree to disagree, my dear Purist Col...Well, let us agree to disagree, my dear Purist Colin! Your additional example makes another nice case for my theory. On the continent - which often deals with the English language in a much healthier and more logical way - there is clearly the tendency to use 'Parking' as a short equivalent for Parking Lot or Parking Garage or Parking Facility or Parking Palace, and what not... Of course, the term has then mutated to a Lend Word in the various receiving languages and should not, I guess, be considered English. Yet all languages gravitate ultimately towards ease, and so, in a 100 years time, if there are still cars that need parking, I bet you ever the King will ask where the Parking is!Alfred B. Mittingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09408858308842184986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5430917408212835186.post-84563190555428853732012-05-05T17:01:42.681+02:002012-05-05T17:01:42.681+02:00Right on, Alfington!
'Camping', of course...Right on, Alfington!<br /><br />'Camping', of course (like 'parking' and 'spinning') already exists as a gerund. But I'd bet my life on none of them replacing 'campsite', 'carpark' and whatever is English for 'un spinning'. Even with your weighty endorsement. Which may or may not be a shame.Colin Davieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17034285745883721921noreply@blogger.com