"How I Met My Wife"

Jerry Freeman · Post by **Jerry Freeman** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 8:04 pm

In answer to Wombat's question:

ravel
unravel

Best wishes,
Jerry

Joseph E. Smith · Post by **Joseph E. Smith** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 8:05 pm

Wombat wrote:
Random notes wrote:This thread is flammatory!

Roger
One of the few cases in the English language where a word and what looks like its opposite mean the same thing. Any other examples?

I'm waiting for a malaprop thread myself.

djm · Post by **djm** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 8:13 pm

JerryF wrote: biweekly
Definition 1: every two weeks
Definition 2: twice a week

I thought biweekly was twice per week, and diweekly was every two weeks (?).

JerryF wrote:I actually used the word today during a visit to the urologist.

I'll bet that pis ... er ... pressed him.

djm

Random notes · Post by **Random notes** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 9:22 pm

Cleave:
A verb
1 cling, cleave, adhere, stick, cohere
come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation;

2 cleave, split, rive
separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument; "cleave the bone"

http://www.wordreference.com/definition/cleave

I never could figure that one out.

Geo. Carlin was confused by flammable, inflammable and nonflammable. Why were three words required? Either something flams or it doesn't.

Roger

carrie · Post by **carrie** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 9:24 pm

regardless and irregardless

Random notes · Post by **Random notes** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 9:29 pm

cskinner wrote:regardless and irregardless

AAARRRRRGGGHHHHH!!!

That one drives me NUTS!!

"Irregardless" was NOT a word until frequent use bludgeoned the keepers of culture into accepting it. When I was a kid my Dad used it all the time just to irritate the **** out of me. Still does.

Roger

Flyingcursor · Post by **Flyingcursor** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 5:26 am

Random notes wrote:
cskinner wrote:regardless and irregardless
AAARRRRRGGGHHHHH!!!

That one drives me NUTS!!

"Irregardless" was NOT a word until frequent use bludgeoned the keepers of culture into accepting it. When I was a kid my Dad used it all the time just to irritate the **** out of me. Still does.

Roger

Ditto!

But I have a great deal of faith in people. I'm actually very anthrope.

Post by **Nanohedron** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 5:20 pm

All the precations and sults here leave me with the delible pression that you lot are credibly ane and structive. This is a bridled turbance, and it gives me pepsia.

SteveShaw · Post by **SteveShaw** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 6:05 pm

Jerry Freeman wrote:In answer to Wombat's question:

ravel
unravel

Best wishes,
Jerry

Not quite the same thing but "united" and "untied" are almost opposites yet have just two letters reversed.

Steve

djm · Post by **djm** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 6:53 pm

Steve, you wouldn't want to fly Untied.

djm

Denny · Post by **Denny** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 7:04 pm

djm wrote:Steve, you wouldn't want to fly Untied.

djm

Well, certainly one would hope, but with Steve, who can tell?

SteveShaw · Post by **SteveShaw** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 4:09 am

djm wrote:Steve, you wouldn't want to fly Untied.

djm

Are you telling me to get knotted?

Steve

carrie · Post by **carrie** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 7:15 am

valuable and invaluable

And on the irregardless and regardless point: I don't like either of them. Invaluable is not so hot either, IMO.

Carol

djm · Post by **djm** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 7:22 am

SteveShaw wrote:Are you telling me to get knotted?

No, I meant as opposed to the old cartoon of two ducks dilecto flagrante in mid-air with the title "Fly United", which was usurped from an old United Airlines commercial.

djm

Jack · Post by **Jack** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 7:30 am

djm wrote:

No, I meant as opposed to the old cartoon of two ducks dilecto flagrante in mid-air with the title "Fly United", which was usurped from an old United Airlines commercial.

djm

Amazingly, I think I remember that...