mookie will you explain what bugs you about "smacks of" and possibly provide some alternatives, it's for a friend
― budo jeru, Monday, 4 March 2024 01:44 (seven months ago) link
it’s very Buster Bluth to me
― assert (matttkkkk), Monday, 4 March 2024 01:58 (seven months ago) link
Seems like
Calls to mind
Reminds one of
Has the air of
Is redolent of
― alpaca lips now (Ye Mad Puffin), Monday, 4 March 2024 04:34 (seven months ago) link
all awful phrases ofc
― close encounters of the third knid (darraghmac), Monday, 4 March 2024 09:12 (seven months ago) link
Think Wodehouse used "has the air of" well, think it has its uses along these lines. The others, agreed.
― This is Dance Anthems, have some respect (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 4 March 2024 09:19 (seven months ago) link
learningsstakeholders
― oscar bravo, Monday, 4 March 2024 09:33 (seven months ago) link
most prepositions
― close encounters of the third knid (darraghmac), Monday, 4 March 2024 09:40 (seven months ago) link
Learningsssssss imagined always in a Von Helsing voice.
― steely flan (suzy), Monday, 4 March 2024 11:35 (seven months ago) link
"worry not!|
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Monday, 4 March 2024 11:43 (seven months ago) link
mattkkkkk otm, I can't make soup without a voice in my head saying "with a smack of ham to it! "
― kinder, Monday, 4 March 2024 13:30 (seven months ago) link
To me, smacks of means than resembles. If something smacks of hypocrisy it means it stinks of it.
― Alba, Monday, 4 March 2024 13:33 (seven months ago) link
worry not!
A few of the pubs/restaurants I follow on social media use this sort of style and it really sets my teeth on edge. "Rejoice! our spring menu has returned...behold its wondrous delights" etc. Guaranteed someone will reply with a "Hurrah!"
― fetter, Monday, 4 March 2024 13:46 (seven months ago) link
Or worse, “huzzah”
On the suspenders side of things I give “wax” or “waxes” a pass, I kinda enjoy it tbh, I wax enthusiastic about wax
― a hyperlink to the past (flamboyant goon tie included), Monday, 4 March 2024 13:53 (seven months ago) link
Somebody told me they hated “myriad” once and I have a subroutine in place to avoid its usage, too bad, it’s a useful word
― a hyperlink to the past (flamboyant goon tie included), Monday, 4 March 2024 13:54 (seven months ago) link
If people wish to use "myriad," I prefer when they use it as an adjective. I know it also is accepted as a noun but I am not reconciled to that usage.
Best: I have myriad iguanas.
Not so great: I have a myriad of iguanas.
― alpaca lips now (Ye Mad Puffin), Monday, 4 March 2024 14:19 (seven months ago) link
I didn't even know it could be used as a noun in place of multitude or suchlike. It's too similar to pyramid for me to take it seriously - "I have a pyramid of iguanas".
― help me I am in hull (Matt #2), Monday, 4 March 2024 14:35 (seven months ago) link
most nouns
― close encounters of the third knid (darraghmac), Monday, 4 March 2024 14:39 (seven months ago) link
I've got a myriad of pyramids, kid
― m0stly clean (Slowsquatch), Monday, 4 March 2024 15:03 (seven months ago) link
Myriad as noun goes back further than myriad as adjective, I believe.
― Alba, Monday, 4 March 2024 15:05 (seven months ago) link
second on learningswhat’s with all these ppl suddenly using thou thee thy second/fam again? it’s v fucked up and distracting. can barely get a ye in edgewise.
― the kwisatz sasquatch (Hunt3r), Monday, 4 March 2024 15:14 (seven months ago) link
(xp) I would have thought so.
― The British Boy of Film Classification (Tom D.), Monday, 4 March 2024 15:18 (seven months ago) link
I have myriad iguanas.
One for the "shocking old" thread: I was unaware that this word is also an adjective and have never seen it used this way.
― Kim Kimberly, Monday, 4 March 2024 15:34 (seven months ago) link
*shockingly
same!
― ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Monday, 4 March 2024 15:40 (seven months ago) link
I specifically remember in my degree tutorials my friend getting "a myriad of" corrected to "myriad" by the professor.
― kinder, Monday, 4 March 2024 17:42 (seven months ago) link
prof otm
― close encounters of the third knid (darraghmac), Monday, 4 March 2024 19:20 (seven months ago) link
totally. non-adjectival use of "myriad" isn't technically wrong, but it always raises an eyebrow when a writer chooses this word, presumably to sound highbrow, but then fumbles the application
― budo jeru, Monday, 4 March 2024 20:14 (seven months ago) link
I have a plethora of piñatas
― alpaca lips now (Ye Mad Puffin), Monday, 4 March 2024 20:19 (seven months ago) link
myriad as a noun was around for centuries before it was used an as adjective, so "isn't technically wrong" is kind of an understatement
― the absence of bikes (f. hazel), Monday, 4 March 2024 20:22 (seven months ago) link
You're right, of course, and I am usually on that side of usage disputes (verbing, for example). But one can have preferences, and be sensitive to the preferences of one's target audience.
― alpaca lips now (Ye Mad Puffin), Monday, 4 March 2024 20:54 (seven months ago) link
― the absence of bikes (f. hazel), Monday, March 4, 2024 2:22 PM (thirty-three minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
guess what, lots of things that make people sound stupid have been established practice for centuries
― budo jeru, Monday, 4 March 2024 20:56 (seven months ago) link
Today I learned that the use of "myriad" as a noun annoys people. Don't really know why though. Might be an 'American thing'.
― man in suit and red tie raising his fist (Tom D.), Monday, 4 March 2024 20:58 (seven months ago) link
it always raises an eyebrow when a writer chooses this word, presumably to sound highbrow, but then fumbles the application
so you know this is the origin of myriad used as an adjective, right
― the absence of bikes (f. hazel), Monday, 4 March 2024 21:08 (seven months ago) link
if we try real hard, we might just recreate this thread
Taking Sides: Another Think Coming v Another Thing Coming
― CEO Greedwagon (Neanderthal), Monday, 4 March 2024 21:14 (seven months ago) link
viking as a gerund
― close encounters of the third knid (darraghmac), Monday, 4 March 2024 21:18 (seven months ago) link
today i vikeyesterday I vikedI has have had been vikedmany times before
― CEO Greedwagon (Neanderthal), Monday, 4 March 2024 21:21 (seven months ago) link
It's necessary that you be viking
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Monday, 4 March 2024 21:27 (seven months ago) link
its viking sleep?
― close encounters of the third knid (darraghmac), Monday, 4 March 2024 21:41 (seven months ago) link
Motorviking
― alpaca lips now (Ye Mad Puffin), Monday, 4 March 2024 21:43 (seven months ago) link
https://y.yarn.co/c827194a-05a1-4a56-af47-c9d064d0013e_text.gif
― This is Dance Anthems, have some respect (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 4 March 2024 21:45 (seven months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPbG8aBhfDE
― man in suit and red tie raising his fist (Tom D.), Monday, 4 March 2024 21:57 (seven months ago) link
i'm a viking girl, in a viking world
― CEO Greedwagon (Neanderthal), Monday, 4 March 2024 21:59 (seven months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xO_VONrCJQE
― Lily Dale, Monday, 4 March 2024 22:00 (seven months ago) link
― the absence of bikes (f. hazel), Monday, March 4, 2024 3:08 PM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink
yup! i am really talking about a style choice, and an awareness of readers' perceptions. you could make the same argument about "self-depreciating," which emerged long before "self-deprecating" and is technically correct, but if a writer used it i would question their judgment for sure. sometimes writers make subtle choices that i appreciate, not because the writer is 100% correct, but because they've managed to avoid awkward or unwelcome associations etc etc
― budo jeru, Monday, 4 March 2024 22:51 (seven months ago) link
I'm one-upping the haters and using myriad as a pronoun
― ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Monday, 4 March 2024 22:52 (seven months ago) link
myriad, meriad, mineriad
― budo jeru, Monday, 4 March 2024 22:53 (seven months ago) link
Shibboleths are kind of gross.
― Alba, Monday, 4 March 2024 22:55 (seven months ago) link
if you're referring to how Minnesotans pronounce "boat," i agree
― budo jeru, Monday, 4 March 2024 23:03 (seven months ago) link
i am really talking about a style choice, and an awareness of readers' perceptions
show me a sound linguistic basis for this perception and maybe I'll pay attention.
― the absence of bikes (f. hazel), Monday, 4 March 2024 23:06 (seven months ago) link
I've read the recent posts and have concluded that "myriad" is a cool word
― rob, Tuesday, 5 March 2024 00:05 (seven months ago) link